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• 18:35, 15 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:75mm Cannon in Color.jpg (This photo shows one of the A-26B-5-DL block Invaders receiving and inspecting by a USAF Officer outside of the Douglas Long Beach plant. It was one of the few planes built with the 75mm (3in) cannon in the nose. Photo from Boeing Historical Archives.)
• 18:18, 15 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:43-22321.jpg (43-22321 of the 416th Bomb Group. It is being serviced between missions. Note that this plane has just 1 gun in the underwing gun pods, due to supply shortages. Several planes of the 416th Bomb Group were outfitted like this. Photo from National Archives.)
• 18:14, 15 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:A-26K HUD.jpg (This photo shows the pilot's targeting HUD on an A-26K Counter Invader in Vietnam. Photo from USAF.)
• 18:09, 15 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Wing Gun Adjustment.jpg (Marvin Lutnesky, an armament technician with the 728th Bombardment Squadron, 452nd Bombardment Group adjusts the firing mechanism for the internal wing guns. Photo from Gary Lutnesky.)
• 18:05, 15 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Internal ammo box.jpg (Ground Crew from the 319th Bombardment Group load the internal magazine for the under-wing gun pod. Photo from National Archive.)
• 18:02, 15 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Underwing Gun Pods Cowling.jpg (This photo shows an armament technician installing the outer cowling over the underwing gun pods. Photo from Boeing Historical Archives.)
• 17:38, 15 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Gunners compartment.jpg (A view of the Gunner's Compartment. Near the center of the photo you can see the optical periscope sight that the gunner used to find targets. Photo from Boeing Historical Archives.)
• 06:37, 15 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Ventral Turrets.jpg (The lower(ventral) turret of the Invare. Note the gunner's Periscope sight visible in glass dome just forward of the turret. The white bands are retractable air spoilers. Photo from Boeing Historical Archive.)
• 06:34, 15 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Carroll loading Guns.jpg (Gunner Freddie Carroll inspecting the dorsal guns on a 13th Bomb Squadron Invader in Korea. Photo via Emil Pindzola.)
• 06:25, 15 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Dorsal Turret.jpg (The upper(dorsal) turret with the outer cover removed. Of particular interest in this photo are the strange bubbles in the window of the gunner's compartment. I assume that this was a test to increase visibility. Whatever the case, this is the only exa...)
• 06:17, 15 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Turret Movement.jpg (This diagram from the Invader Pilot Manual shows the range of motion of the turrets on the Invader. USAF.)
• 03:29, 14 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Norden Bombsight.jpg (A Norden Bombsight in the nose of an A-26 Invader. Photo courtesy of Botto.)
• 19:55, 11 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:5 Inch HVAR rockets.jpg (A close up shot of the 5" High Velocity Aircraft Rockets that were common on Invaders. The Invaders could carry 7 rockets per wing. Photo from National Archives.)
• 15:56, 8 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Underwing Gun Pods.jpg (A view of the Underwing Gun Pods in March 1944. From the Rene Francillon Photo Archive via the San Diego Air and Space Museum.)
• 04:26, 7 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Gun Loading.jpg (2 unknown Crew members loading the Browning M-2 machine guns on a hard nose Invader. Date Unknown (WW2). Courtesy of US Air Force.)
• 04:11, 7 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Jul48 YAB 13BS Loading Rockets 2.jpg (A 13th Bomb Squadron plane (Tail Letter W) being fitted with Rockets before a mission at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 1948. Photo by Don Cooper.)
• 04:00, 7 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Jul48 YAB 13BS Loading Rockets 1.jpg (A 13th Bomb Squadron plane (Tail Letter W) being fitted with Rockets before a mission at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 1948. Photo by Don Cooper.)
• 03:54, 7 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs deleted page File:Jul48 YAB 13BS Loading Rocets 1.jpg
• 03:53, 7 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Jul48 YAB 13BS Loading Rocets 1.jpg (A 13th Bomb Squadron plane (Tail Letter W) being fitted with Rockets before a mission at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 1948. Photo by Don Cooper.)
• 03:39, 7 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:A26 Rockets.jpg (44-34538 "Feeding Frenzy" showing an array of underwing missiles. Photo source unknown.)
• 03:37, 6 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:A-26 Torpedo in action.JPG (This is a drawing of an A-26 dropping a torpedo against an enemy ship. Although the torpedo capability was never used in combat, the Invader had the capability to carry 2 standard torpedoes. Photo from the Army Air Force Pilot Training Manual for the A...)
• 03:13, 6 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Experimental Torpedo.jpg (Although never used in combat, the Navy did experiment with wing-mounted torpedoes. This torpedo has an unusual cowling on the bottom and strange fins on the back. Photo from the San Diego Air and Space Museum.)
• 01:09, 6 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:A-26 Torpedo.jpg (A drawing of an A-26 Invader dropping a torpedo. The A-26 was designed to be able to carry 2 standard torpedoes inside of the bomb bay. This illustration is from the official A-26 Pilot Training Manual, published by the Army Air Corps, Office of Flying...)
• 05:57, 3 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Upper Turret.jpg (The Upper Turret. From the Rene Francillon Photo Archive via the San Diego Air and Space Museum. Photo dated Feb 1944)
• 05:44, 3 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:Internal Wing Guns.jpg (An early model Invader, 41-39140 being retrofitted with internally mounted guns. You can see the mounting points for the underwing gun pods that have been removed. Photo from the Rene Francillon Photo Archive via the San Diego Air and Space Museum.)
• 05:08, 3 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:A-26 GunPods.jpg (The underwing gun pods that could be used to increase the firepower of an Invader. Each wing carried two pods, and each pod carried two guns. Photo from National Archives.)
• 04:53, 3 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:14-gun nose.jpg (An experimental 14-gun nose configuration tested by Douglas at the end of World War II. Photo from Boeing Historical Archives.)
• 04:50, 3 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:8-gun nose.jpg (An 8th Bomb Squadron 8-gun Invader in Korea. The person in the photo is unknown. Photo from National Archives.)
• 04:00, 3 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:2x 37mm cannons.jpg (An A-26 Invader outfitted with 2x 37MM cannons. Note the hole in the middle of the nose which is where the gun sight is fitted. Photo from National Archives.)
• 18:11, 2 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:37mm cannon.jpg (An unknown Invader at the Douglas Long Beach plant. It is fitted with a 75mm cannon on the right and a 37mm cannon on the left. From National Archives.)
• 19:42, 1 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:LORD MIA.jpg (The MIA notification for Staff Sergeant Loring E. Lord. Courtesy of Chuck Fisher, grand nephew of Loring Lord.)
• 19:39, 1 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:43-22359.jpg
• 19:36, 1 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:43-22359.jpg (43-22359 as she was crashing after being shot down over Velen, Germany. Photo from National Archives.)
• 19:07, 1 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:43-22264.jpg (43-22264 in flight. Note that this plane has a 75mm cannon equipped, which was atypical armament for planes of this production block. Photo from National Archives.)
• 18:22, 1 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:A-26 GUNS 01.jpg (A 75mm cannon and a 37mm cannon on an A-26B. Photo source unknown.)
• 06:19, 1 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:A-26 Six Gun Nose.jpg (A gunner performing maintenance on the 6-gun "general purpose" nose of an A-26B. Photo from National Archives.)
• 06:04, 1 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:75mm Gun in Nose at Long Beach Plant.PNG (This early model A-26B features the 75mm cannon installed in the nose. The small circle in the center of the nose is for a gunsight camera to aim the cannon. Photo Courtesy of Boeing.)
• 05:55, 1 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:75mm gun early prototype.jpg (An early housing prototype design for the 75mm cannon. The aperture was designed in a tall rectangle to allow the gun to move 15 degrees up or down to increase the accuracy. Ultimately, this design was not used. Photo from National Archives.)
• 05:27, 1 September 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:75mm and 2 .50 cal.jpg (A prototype showing the nose armament arrangement. From Boeing Historical Archives.)
• 03:09, 23 August 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:43-22369.jpg (43-22369 "Stinky" of the 552nd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group in England. Photo from National Archives.)
• 03:07, 23 August 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs deleted page File:43-22369.jpg
• 03:06, 23 August 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:43-22369.jpg (43-22369 "Stinky" of the 552nd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group in England in 1949. Photo from National Archives.)
• 02:48, 23 August 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:43-22330.jpg (43-22330 "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bombardment Group, preparing for a mission in 1945. Photo from NARA.)
• 02:42, 23 August 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:43-22312-1.jpg (43-22312 named "Rat Poison Jr" of the 386th Bomb Group. Photo from NARA.)
• 05:17, 22 August 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:41-39274-3.jpg (41-39274 painting by Mark Postlethwaite.)
• 05:15, 22 August 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:41-39274-2.jpg (41-39274 preparing to take off for a mission. From 416th Bomb Group historical society.)
• 05:06, 22 August 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:41-39264-3.jpg (41-39264 on air patrol over the Eastern US. 7 Dec 1945. From the Rene Francillon Archive via San Diego Air and Space Museum.)
• 05:03, 22 August 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:41-39264-2.jpg (41-39264 Illustration by Janus Swiatlon.)
• 05:01, 22 August 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:41-39264-1.jpg (41-39264 after a taxi accident at Melun Field, France in November 1944. From the National Archives.)
• 04:56, 22 August 2018 WikiSysop talk contribs uploaded File:41-39264.jpg (41-39264 7 Dec 1945. From the Rene Francillon Archive via the San Diego Air and Space Museum.)