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15 September 2018

• 19:2719:27, 15 September 2018 diff hist +5‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Glass Noses
• 19:2619:26, 15 September 2018 diff hist 0‎ 43-22509 ‎No edit summary
• 19:2519:25, 15 September 2018 diff hist +100‎ N 43-22509 ‎ Created page with " of the 386th Bomb Group after a landing accident. File:43-22609.jpg Category:Have Photo"
• 19:2419:24, 15 September 2018 diff hist +270‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Glass Noses
• 19:2119:21, 15 September 2018 diff hist +108‎ N File:43-22509.jpg ‎ 43-22509 of the 386th Bombardment Group after suffering a landing accident. Photo from National Archive. current
• 19:1819:18, 15 September 2018 diff hist +34‎ 43-22609 ‎No edit summary
• 19:1719:17, 15 September 2018 diff hist +48‎ N 43-22609 ‎ Created page with " File:43-22609.jpg Category:Have Photo"
• 19:1619:16, 15 September 2018 diff hist +309‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Glass Noses
• 19:1419:14, 15 September 2018 diff hist +67‎ N File:43-22609.jpg ‎ 43-22609 in Wilmington, NC, 1948. Photo from National Archives. current
• 19:0419:04, 15 September 2018 diff hist +437‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Glass Noses
• 18:5918:59, 15 September 2018 diff hist +233‎ N File:Norden Bombsight-BW.jpg ‎ This black and white photo shows a view of the Norden Bombsight. The trapezoidal panel on the right is a hatch that would allow the bombardier to clean the exterior of the glass while in flight. Photo from Boeing Historical Archives. current
• 18:5218:52, 15 September 2018 diff hist +513‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Cannons
• 18:4518:45, 15 September 2018 diff hist +163‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎75MM & 37MM
• 18:3618:36, 15 September 2018 diff hist −16‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎75MM
• 18:3518:35, 15 September 2018 diff hist +251‎ N 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. current
• 18:2618:26, 15 September 2018 diff hist −1‎ 44-34538 ‎No edit summary
• 18:2518:25, 15 September 2018 diff hist +52‎ N 44-34538 ‎ Created page with " File:A-26 Rockets.jpg Category:Have Photo"
• 18:2118:21, 15 September 2018 diff hist +102‎ N 43-22321 ‎ Created page with " Notes: 416th Bomb Group. Single Gun under the wings. File:43-22321.jpg Category:Have Photo"
• 18:2018:20, 15 September 2018 diff hist +51‎ List of Invaders by Serial Number ‎ →‎43-2232X
• 18:1918:19, 15 September 2018 diff hist +368‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Gun Pods
• 18:1818:18, 15 September 2018 diff hist +255‎ N 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. current
• 18:1518:15, 15 September 2018 diff hist +290‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Wing Guns
• 18:1418:14, 15 September 2018 diff hist +99‎ N File:A-26K HUD.jpg ‎ This photo shows the pilot's targeting HUD on an A-26K Counter Invader in Vietnam. Photo from USAF. current
• 18:1218:12, 15 September 2018 diff hist −50‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Wing Guns
• 18:1118:11, 15 September 2018 diff hist +232‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Wing Guns
• 18:0918:09, 15 September 2018 diff hist +183‎ N 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. current
• 18:0618:06, 15 September 2018 diff hist +258‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Gun Pods
• 18:0518:05, 15 September 2018 diff hist +128‎ N 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. current
• 18:0318:03, 15 September 2018 diff hist +67‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Wing Guns
• 18:0218:02, 15 September 2018 diff hist +136‎ N 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.
• 17:4017:40, 15 September 2018 diff hist +317‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Turrets
• 17:3817:38, 15 September 2018 diff hist +181‎ N 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. current
• 06:3806:38, 15 September 2018 diff hist +949‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Turrets
• 06:3706:37, 15 September 2018 diff hist +208‎ N 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. current
• 06:3406:34, 15 September 2018 diff hist +116‎ N File:Carroll loading Guns.jpg ‎ Gunner Freddie Carroll inspecting the dorsal guns on a 13th Bomb Squadron Invader in Korea. Photo via Emil Pindzola. current
• 06:2506:25, 15 September 2018 diff hist +312‎ N 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... current
• 06:1706:17, 15 September 2018 diff hist +105‎ N File:Turret Movement.jpg ‎ This diagram from the Invader Pilot Manual shows the range of motion of the turrets on the Invader. USAF. current

14 September 2018

• 04:5504:55, 14 September 2018 diff hist +513‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Glass Noses
• 03:2903:29, 14 September 2018 diff hist +75‎ N File:Norden Bombsight.jpg ‎ A Norden Bombsight in the nose of an A-26 Invader. Photo courtesy of Botto. current

11 September 2018

• 19:5919:59, 11 September 2018 diff hist +160‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Rockets
• 19:5819:58, 11 September 2018 diff hist +207‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Rockets
• 19:5619:56, 11 September 2018 diff hist +24‎ File:5 Inch HVAR rockets.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 19:5519:55, 11 September 2018 diff hist +161‎ N 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.

8 September 2018

• 21:0421:04, 8 September 2018 diff hist +203‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎75MM
• 15:5815:58, 8 September 2018 diff hist +46‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Gun Pods
• 15:5615:56, 8 September 2018 diff hist +126‎ N 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. current

7 September 2018

• 20:0520:05, 7 September 2018 diff hist +53‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎6-Gun
• 04:2704:27, 7 September 2018 diff hist +126‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎6-Gun
• 04:2604:26, 7 September 2018 diff hist +130‎ N 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. current
• 04:1204:12, 7 September 2018 diff hist +383‎ Invader Weapons ‎ →‎Rockets