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==Crew==
==Crew==
Cpt. [[Dwight Stanley Campbell]] - Pilot - KIA<br>
Cpt. [[Dwight Stanley Campbell]] - Pilot - KIA<br>
Cpt. [[Robert Lee Sholl]] - Navigator - KIA
Cpt. [[Robert Lee Scholl]] - Navigator - KIA


==Disposition==
==Disposition==

Revision as of 02:44, 23 February 2021

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
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 44-34606.

Operational History

2 Feb 1965 - Assumed accepted into USAF Inventory from OnMark Engineering Company at Van Nuys, CA.
3 Feb 1965 - Assigned to 1st Air Commando Wing at Hurlburt Field[1]
11 Jun 1965 - Assigned to Mobile Air Material Area (MOAAR). [1]
1 Jul 1965 - Assigned to 1st Air Commando Wing at Hurlburt Field[1]
17 Dec 1965 - 1st Air Commando Wing moved from Hurlburt Field to England AFB[1]
NOTE: There is no entry for acceptance of this plane into inventory on the official records. The 2 Feb is assumed based on the pattern of acceptance of other B-26Ks.

10 May 1966 - Designation changed from B-26K to A-26A while with the 1st Air Commando Wing at England AFB. [2]
11 Jun 1966 - Sent to Nakhon Phanom Air Base. [2]Participated in Operation Steel Tiger

22 Feb 1967 - Lost in action. [3] This plane accompanied its damaged sister ship (64-17668) back from a strafing run. 668's starboard wing was on fire and the crew of 669 encouraged them to bail out. As soon as 668's crew bailed out the plane exploded, sending a large part of the wing to 669, destroying the plane and causing it to crash with a loss of both crew.

AVH4-1959.jpg
AVH6-1947.jpg
AVH8-2752.jpg

Accidents

Unknown

Crew

Cpt. Dwight Stanley Campbell - Pilot - KIA
Cpt. Robert Lee Scholl - Navigator - KIA

Disposition

Lost Feb 1967.

Images

669 in Sembach, Germany in Oct 1965 wearing an RB-26K glass nose conversion. The plane was not permanently assigned to that base according to the logs, so exactly what it was doing in Germany remains a mystery.
64-17669.Germany.jpg

Crew members of the 609th Special Operations Squadron pose atop the plane at Nakhon Phanom AB. Note the truck kills painted on the Navigator side of the plane.
64-17669.609th.jpg

Sources

Databases searched:

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  • MACR -
  • KORWALD -
  • Baugher
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1965" Reel AVH-4, Pg 1959 USAFHRA
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1966" Reel AVH-6, Pg 1947 USAFHRA
  3. "Aerospace Vehicle Report, 1967" Reel AVH-8, Pg 2752 USAFHRA