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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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Was converted from 44-35451

Called "Cachita" and "Shit House Mouse" during operations in the Congo.

18 Aug 1964 - sent to Congo to participate in CIA operation Anstalt Wigmo. Carried the tail letters RF644.

Nov 1969 - Sent to South Vietnam for use asa training frame.

Mar 1975 - Blown up at Nha Trang to keep it from falling into North Vietmanese hands.

Unknown

Unknown

Destroyed (Scuttled)

In the Congo during CIA Operation Anstalt Wigmo.

64-17644 is visible in the back right wearing a glass nose.

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 Participated in [[Operation Steel Tiger]]
-Sent to South Vietnam Nov 1969 for use asa training frame.
+Nov 1969 - Sent to South Vietnam for use asa training frame.
 Mar 1975 - Blown up at Nha Trang to keep it from falling into North Vietmanese hands.