List of surviving Douglas A-26 Invaders
The A-26 Invader (B-26 between 1948–1965) was a twin-engined light attack bomber, built by the Douglas Aircraft Co. during World War II , that also saw service during several other conflicts in the post-war era of the latter 20th century.
On display
These complete examples of the A-26 Invader have been preserved or restored, and are on display at museums or at military bases, or are active aircraft potentially viewable at air events.
Status Codes:
D = Display
A = Airworthy
S = Stored
R = Under restoration
Designation
USAAF Serial
Displayed Identity
Status
Current location
A-26B
41-39161
436874
R
Military Aviation Museum , Virginia Beach, Virginia . N26RP[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
A-26B (JD-1)
41-39215
446928
D
National Naval Aviation Museum , NAS Pensacola , Florida[ 3]
A-26B
41-39221
N26GT
S
South Mountain High School , Phoenix, Arizona . (On Mark Marksman )[ 4]
A-26B
41-39223
-
R
Ailes Anciennes , Toulouse , France[ 5]
A-26B "A-26C"
41-39230
139230
DA
Commemorative Air Force , Enid, Oklahoma . N9682C, Named "Lady Liberty"[ 2] [ 3]
A-26B
41-39288
5159 (FAB)
D
Museu Aeroespacial , Campo dos Afonsos , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil[ 6] (image)
A-26B
41-39303
434324
D
Pacific Coast Air Museum , Santa Rosa, California . Named "City Of Santa Rosa"[ 3] (images)
A-26C
41-39327
863 (FACh)
D
Cerro Moreno AB , Antofagasta, Chile [ 7]
A-26B "A-26C"
41-39359
39359
A
Marine Aviation Museum, Wilmington, Delaware .[ 8]
A-26B "A-26C"
41-39401
-
R
Fantasy of Flight , Polk City, Florida . N39401[ 3] Currently under restoration at Aero Trader in Chino , California [ 9]
A-26B
41-39427
437140
A
Commemorative Air Force , Meacham Field , Texas. N240P,[ 2] [ 3] named "Night Mission"[ 10]
A-26B
41-39472
435648
D
Castle Air Museum , Castle Airport (former Castle AFB ), Atwater, California .[ 3] (image)
A-26B
41-39516
0-139516
D
Wings of Eagles Discovery Center , Horseheads, Elmira, New York [ 3]
A-26B
41-39537
840 (FACh)
D
Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio , Cerrillos, Chile [ 11] [ 12] (image)
A-26B "A-26C"
43-22258
434220
D
Grand Forks AFB , Grand Forks, North Dakota [ 3] (image)
A-26B
43-22357
CF-BMS
D
British Columbia Aviation Museum , Sidney , British Columbia , Canada. (Civil air tanker configuration)[ 3] (image)
A-26B
43-22444
434156
D
Vance AFB , Enid, Oklahoma [ 13] [ 14]
A-26B "A-26C"
43-22494
322494
D
Pima Air & Space Museum , Tucson, Arizona [ 4] [ 15] (image)
A-26C "A-26B"
43-22499
322499
D
New England Air Museum , Windsor Locks, Connecticut . Named "Reida Rae"[ 3]
A-26C
43-22602
-
R
MAPS Air Museum , Canton, Ohio .[ 16]
A-26C "B-26K"
43-22652
43652
D
Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum , Travis AFB , Fairfield, California [ 17]
A-26C
43-22653
(C-GPTW)
S
Bankstown Airport , Sydney, Australia [ 8]
A-26C "A-26B"
43-22679
612
D
Royal Saudi Air Force Museum , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia [ 18]
A-26B
44-34104
N99420
A
1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum , Geneseo, New York . Named "Silver Dragon", Currently at Ford Airport KIMT[ 2]
A-26B
44-34134
5176 (FAB)
D?
Museu de Armas e Veículos e Avioes Motorizados Antigos , Bebedouro , São Paulo, Brazil [ 13]
A-26B
44-34165
-
S
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum , Edwards AFB , California[ 3]
A-26B "A-26C"
44-34313
434313
A
Black Crow Aviation, Santa Rosa, California . N4313, Named "Miss Michelle"[ 2] [ 3]
A-26B "A-26C"
44-34423
434423
S
Armed Forces and Aerospace Museum , Spokane Valley, Washington [ 3]
A-26B
44-34508
-
R
W.S. Glover, Mount Pleasant, Texas . N74874[ 2] [ 4]
A-26B
44-34520
434520
A
Lauridsen Aviation Museum , Buckeye, Arizona . N126HP, Named "Lu Lu"[ 2] [ 3] (images)
A-26B
44-34535
937
S
Museo del Aire , San Antonio de los Baños Air Base , Cuba[ 19]
A-26B "A-26C"
44-34538
434538
DA
Lyon Air Museum , Santa Ana, California . N34538, Named "Feeding Frenzy"[ 2] [ 3]
A-26B
44-34559
0-34559
D
Mississippi Air National Guard - 172nd Airlift Wing , Jackson ANGB , Jackson, Mississippi [ 4]
B-26B (A-26B)
44-34568
-
D
Pakistan Air Force Museum , Karachi , Sindh , Pakistan [ 20]
(images)
A-26B
44-34602
434602
A
Nordic Warbirds, Västerås , Sweden . N167B, named "Sugarland Express".[ 2] (images)
A-26B
44-34610
-
S
National Air and Space Museum , Chantilly, Virginia [ 3]
A-26B
44-34665
434665
D
Strategic Air and Space Museum , Ashland, Nebraska [ 3] (images)
A-26B
44-34722
4434722
DA
Jack Erickson / Erickson Aircraft Collection , Madras, Oregon . N3222T[ 2] [ 3] (images)
A-26B
44-34741
848 (FACh)
D
Plaza de la Cultura Pablo Neruda , Mejillones , Chile[ 21]
A-26B
44-34746
-
D
VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars ) Post 382, El Reno, Oklahoma . Named "Sonny"[ 4]
A-26B "A-26C"
44-34749
434749
A
Abrams Airborne Manufacturing Inc, Avra Valley, Arizona . N4959K, Named "Puss & Boots"[ 2] [ 4]
A-26B
44-34759
-
D
Iranian Aerospace Exhibition Centre , Mehrabad, Iran [ 4]
A-26B
44-34765
434765
D
Musée Royal de l'Armée , Brussels , Belgium. Named "Mission Completed"[ 4] (images)
A-26B
44-34766
N26BK
A
H.B. Keck / Thermco Aviation, Thermal, California [ 2]
A-26B
44-34769
434769
D
Sea Link Aviation, Tanagra Air Base, Greece. N500MR[ 4]
A-26B "A-26C"
44-34773
435740
D
Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace export to Utah Beach Museum at Sainte Marie du Mont , Le Bourget , Paris, France [ 22]
A-26B
44-34778
RCAF 098
A
Air Ross (1980) Inc, Calgary, Alberta , Canada. Based in St. Andrews, Manitoba. C-GWLT[ 4]
A-26C
44-35204
435204
D
Laughlin AFB , Del Rio, Texas [ 3]
A-26C
44-35224
435224
D
March Field Air Museum , March ARB , Riverside, California . Named "Midnight Endeavour"[ 3]
A-26C
44-35323
435323
DA
Planes of Fame Grand Canyon, Valle, Arizona . N8026E, Named "Ahaulin"[ 2] [ 3] [ 23] [ 24] (image)
A-26C
44-35326
435326
D
Indiana Military Museum, Vincennes, Indiana .[ 25]
A-26C
44-35371
435371
S
Marine Aviation Museum, Houston, Texas . N4818E[ 2]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35439
435439
DA
Evergreen Aviation Museum , McMinnville, Oregon N74833, Named "Margie".[ 2] [ 3] (images)
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35440
931
D
Wings Over Miami , Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport , Miami, Florida[ 3] (image)
A-26C
44-35444
844
D
Republic of China Air Force Museum , Kaohsiung , Taiwan.[ 26]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35456
N5625S
A
Wade Eagleton, Shafter, California . N5625S[ 2]
A-26C
44-35493
N576JB
D
War Eagles Air Museum , Santa Teresa, New Mexico [ 3]
A-26C
44-35504
-
D
Châteaudun Air Base , France[ 4]
A-26C
44-35508
2504 (FAC)
D
Apiay AFB , Villavicencio, Colombia [ 14]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35523
435523
R
Air Mobility Command Museum , Dover AFB , Dover, Delaware [ 3]
A-26C
44-35524
CF-CUI
SA
Reynolds-Alberta Museum , Wetaskiwin, Alberta , Canada (Civil air tanker configuration)[ 27]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35562
NL7079G
A
Alien Invaders Inc, Medina, Washington. Named "Sexy Sue"[ 2]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35586
5156 (FAB)
D
Augusto Severo AB , Natal, Brazil [ 4]
A-26C
44-35596
0-435596
D
Hickam Air Force Base , Hawaii[ 3]
A-26C
44-35601
435601
DS
Commemorative Air Force , Mesa, Arizona . N202R, Named "Miss Murphy"[ 2] [ 3]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35617
435617
D
Hill Aerospace Museum , Hill AFB , Ogden, Utah . Named "Grim Reaper"[ 3]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35620
404 (FAG)
D
Technical School, La Aurora , Guatemala[ 28]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35627
435627
D
Dodge City Airport , Dodge City, Kansas [ 4]
A-26C
44-35643
-
RA
Commemorative Air Force , Ada, Oklahoma . N626SH, Named "Lil Twister"[ 2] [ 3]
A-26C
44-35696
4-35696
DR
Collings Foundation / Aviation Museum of Texas, Uvalde, Texas . N8036E, Named "My Mary Lou"[ 2] [ 3]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35708
435708
A
Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum , Hillsboro, Oregon . N26PJ[ 2] [ 3] (image)
A-26C
44-35710
435710
SA
Cavanaugh Flight Museum , Addison, Texas . N7705C, Named "Hard To Get"[ 2] (images) Removed from public display when the museum indefinitely closed on 1 January 2024. To be moved to North Texas Regional Airport in Denison, Texas .[ 29]
A-26C "JD-1"
44-35721
435721
D
Palm Springs Air Museum , Palm Springs, California . N9425Z, Named "Invader"[ 3] (images)
A-26C
44-35724
434517
D
Southern Museum of Flight , Birmingham, Alabama . Named "Monie"[ 3]
VB-26
?
?
R
Museum of Aviation , Robins AFB , Warner Robins, Georgia [ 3]
A-26C
44-35733
435733
D
National Museum USAF , Wright-Patterson AFB , Dayton, Ohio . Named "Dream Girl"[ 3] (images)
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35752
435752
DR
Carolinas Aviation Museum , Charlotte, North Carolina . Named "Rude Invader".[ 3]
A-26C
44-35778
2519 (FAC)
D
Museo Aeroespacial Colombiana , Eldorado Air Base , Bogotá , Colombia.[ 14] (image)
A-26C
44-35788
N126HK
A
Cactus Air Force Wings & Wheels, Carson City, Nevada [ 2]
A-26C
44-35859
-
R
Conservatoire de l'Air et de l'Espace d'Aquitaine , Bordeaux-Merignac Air Base , France [ 30]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35892
4435892
D
Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum , Pueblo, Colorado [ 3]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35898
VH-VNI
A
R.W. McFarlane / Aviation Investments Pty, Archerfield , Brisbane, Australia [ 21]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35911
435911
A
George W Lancaster, Wilmington, North Carolina . N6840D, Named "Spirit of NC"[ 2] [ 4]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35913
4435913
D
Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB , Abilene, Texas . Named "Chadwick" on left side, with "Oscar" the grim reaper on the right side nose art. Repainted summer of 2021.[ 3] < Historian, 7th BW, Dyess AFB, TX>
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35918
434287
D
USAF Airman Heritage Museum , Lackland AFB , San Antonio, Texas . Named "Versatile Lady"[ 3] (images)
A-26C
44-35937
435937
D
Jackson Barracks Military Museum , New Orleans, Louisiana [ 3]
A-26C "A-26B"
44-35948
N381EC
D
Champaign Aviation Museum , Grimes Field , Urbana, Ohio . N381EC[ 2]
A-26C
44-35986
435884
D
Selfridge Military Air Museum , Selfridge Air National Guard Base , Detroit , Michigan . Named "Stormy Weather"[ 3] [ 31]
B-26K (A-26A)
64-17640
17640
D
South Dakota Air and Space Museum , Ellsworth AFB , Rapid City, South Dakota [ 3] [ 32]
B-26K (A-26A)
64-17651
64651
D
KAI Aerospace Museum , Sachon , South Korea [ 33] (image)
B-26K (A-26A)
64-17653
64653
D
Pima Air & Space Museum , Tucson, Arizona [ 3] (images)
B-26K (A-26A)
64-17666
64666
D
Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field , Florida[ 3] (image)
B-26K (A-26A)
64-17676
64676
D
National Museum of the United States Air Force , Wright-Patterson AFB , Dayton, Ohio [ 3] (images)
B-26K (A-26A)
64-17679
N4988N
A
J.S Reynolds, PGM Aviation, Vintage Flying Museum , Fort Worth, Texas. Named "Special Kay" and only airworthy K variant[ 34]
A-26C
unknown
227 (FAP)
D
Las Palmas AB , Lima, Peru [ 28]
A-26C
unknown
226 (FAP)
D
Pisco AB , Peru[ 28]
A-26B
unknown
601 (FAS)
D
Museo Nacional de Aviación , Ilopango AB , El Salvador[ 28] (image)
A-26B
unknown
M-264 (AURI)
D
Abdul Rachman Saleh AFB , Malang , East Java , Indonesia [ 35]
A-26B
unknown
M-265 (AURI)
D
Dirgantara Mandala Museum , Adisucipto AFB , Yogyakarta , Special Region of Yogyakarta , Indonesia[ 4]
A-26B
unknown
M-265 (AURI)
D
Taman Prestasi Surabaya, Surabaya , East Java, Indonesia[ 36]
Notes
References
Federal Aviation Administration. 2014. United States Civil Aircraft Register (USCAR) Archived 2014-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
Goodall, Geoff (2003). Warbirds Directory . DA MacPhail. ISBN 0-9750406-1-8 .
Goodall, Geoff (2008). Warbirds Directory . Geoff Goodall. (CD-ROM)
Hagedorn, Dan & Hellström, Leif (1994). Foreign Invaders - The Douglas Invader in foreign military and US clandestine service . Midland Publishing Limited. ISBN 1-85780-013-3 .
Marden, Andy (April 2008). "World - Military Out of Service 2008". Mach III.
Ogden, Bob (2007). Aviation Museums and Collections of North America . Air-Britain . ISBN 978-0-85130-385-7 .
Ogden, Bob (2008). Aviation Museums and Collections of The Rest of the World . Air-Britain. ISBN 978-0-85130-394-9 .
Thompson, Scott (2002). Douglas A-26 and B-26 Invader . Crowood Press. ISBN 1-86126-503-4 .
United States Air Force Museum . Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio: Air Force Museum Foundation. 1975.
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