64-17655

B-26K-1 Invader
Builders: Douglas Aircraft Company On Mark Engineering
Operators: United States Air Force
Number Built: 40
First Built: Jan 1963 (YB-26K) First test flight
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Type: Light Attack Bomber
Weight: 25,130 lbs empty 37,000 lbs loaded 39,250 lbs Maximum
Length: 51' 7 3/16" (inc. guns)
Height: 19' 0"
Wingspan: 71'6" (including wingtip tanks)
Wing Area: 540 Sq. Feet (50.17 m²)
Speed: 169 mph (cruising)
Max Speed: 323 mph
Ceiling: 28,600'
Powerplant: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-103W
Horsepower: 2,500
Fuel Capacity: 1,600 US Gallons
Range: 700 miles w/3518 lbs payload 1,480 miles empty 2,700 miles (ferry)
Crew: 2
Passengers: 1
ARMAMENT
Nose Guns: 8x .50 caliber guns
Dorsal Turret: None
Ventral Turret: None
Payload: 8,000 lbs on wings 4,000 lbs internal
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See also: List of Invaders by Serial Number, Serial Numbers starting with 64

Converted from 44-34184.

Operational History

1 Nov 1964 - Accepted into USAF Inventory from OnMark at Van Nuys, CA.
2 Nov 1964 - Assigned to 605th Air Commando Squadron at Howard AFB.
NOTE: The Date of Accepted into Service is an estimate based on the implied data of the record. All other B-26K models are received at OnMark the day before they are assigned to a unit. This plane does not show a line item for being at OnMark (OMEVC), but on the single line entry for assignment to the 605th it does show that the unit gained the plane from OnMark. I suspect that it is a clerical error that resulted in this omission.

23 Oct 1969 - Arrived from 606th Special Operations Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing, Eglin AFB, FL.
14 Nov 1969 - Returned to Service with 6200th Air Base Wing, Clark AFB.

16 Nov 1969 - Arrived back at Davis-Monthan. (I'm not sure why the activated the plane for 2 days and then retired it at again).
15 Dec 1972 - Declared surplus and authorized for reclamation.
7 Mar 1980 - Sent to Allied Aircraft, Inc of Tucson, AZ.

Accidents

Unknown

Crew

Unknown

Disposition

unknown.

Sources

Databases searched:

• AAIR -
• MACR -
• KORWALD -
• Baugher

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