64-17662
| B-26K-1 Invader | |||
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| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 44-35458 or 41-39462. (The other plane is 64-17663).
Operational History
11 Dec 1964 - Accepted into USAF Inventory from OnMark at Van Nuys, CA. [1]
12 Dec 1964 - Assigned to 1st Air Commando Wing at Eglin AFB. [1]
27 Dec 1964 - Status changed to "Lease/Loan" while assigned to 1st Air Commando Wing at Eglin AFB. [1]
28 Dec 1964 - Assigned to Logistics Command at Hill AFB [2]
Note: This Lease/Loan status change is undoubtedly the transfer to the CIA.
5 Jan 1965 - On paper the plane is reassigned back to 1st Air Commando Wing at Eglin AFB [2]. In actuality it arrived in Congo to participate in CIA operation Anstalt Wigmo. Had tail code "FR-662" and "FM-662". [3]
31 May 1966 - Transferred on paper from 1st Air Commando Wing at Eglin AFB to COAAR at Hill AFB. The plane is still listed as being "lend/lease" and is still in the Congo as part of operation Anstalt Wingmo. [4]
27 Jul 1966 - Designation changed from B-26K to A-26K while in the Congo. [4]
Feb 1967 - Returned to the US.
Sent to Southeast Asia. Participated in Operation Steel Tiger. Assigned to 606th Special Operations Squadron, 56th Special Operations Wing.
21 Aug 1967 - Lost in action. Disappeared over Northern Laos. Search found no trace. 2 MIA.
Accidents
Unknown
Crew
Cpt John Creighton Gillespie Kerr (Pilot) - MIA
1Lt Burke Henderson Morgan (Navigator) - MIA
Disposition
Lost 21 Aug 1967.
Images
64-17662 at the end of operations in the Congo.
Sources
Databases searched:
- AAIR -
- MACR -
- Baugher