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.
Surviving aircraft
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 SerialDisplayed IdentityStatus Current locationA-26B 41-39161 436874 R Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach, Virginia. N26RPThe Fighter Factory http://www.fighterfactory.com/FAA US Civil Aircraft RegisterOgden (2007)A-26B (JD-1) 41-39215 446928 D National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FloridaA-26B 41-39221 N26GT S South Mountain High School, Phoenix, Arizona. (On Mark Marksman)Goodall (2003)A-26B 41-39223 - S Ailes Anciennes Toulouse, Toulouse, FranceA-26B "A-26C" 41-39230 139230 D Previously Commemorative Air Force, Enid, Oklahoma. N9682C, Named "Lady Liberty"; after accident in 2025, added in 2026 as a static display to the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium. A-26B 41-39288 5159 (FAB) D Museu Aeroespacial, Campo dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilOgden (2008) (image)A-26B 41-39303 434324 D Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California. Named "City Of Santa Rosa" (images)A-26C 41-39327 863 (FACh) D Cerro Moreno AB, Antofagasta, ChileVillarroel/Aguilar. 2005. El Douglas B-26 Invader En La Fuerza Aerea De Chile. Editorial Manutara A-26B "A-26C" 41-39359 39359 A Million Air (Tailwinds LLC), Houston, Texas.Goodall (2008) N26BP, named "Million Airess"A-26B "A-26C" 41-39401 - R Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida. N39401 Currently under restoration at Aero Trader in Chino, California A-26B 41-39427 437140 A Commemorative Air Force, Meacham Field, Texas. N240P, named "Night Mission"A-26B 41-39472 435648 D Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (former Castle AFB), Atwater, California. (image)A-26B 41-39516 0-139516 D Wings of Eagles Discovery Center, Horseheads, Elmira, New YorkA-26B 41-39537 840 (FACh) D Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio, Cerrillos, ChileMuseo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio de Chile http://www.museoaeronautico.cl/ (image)A-26B "A-26C" 43-22258 434220 D Grand Forks AFB, Grand Forks, North Dakota (image)A-26B 43-22357 CF-BMS D British Columbia Aviation Museum, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. (Civil air tanker configuration) (image)A-26B 43-22444 434156 D Vance AFB, Enid, OklahomaThompson (2002)Hagedorn (1994)A-26B "A-26C" 43-22494 322494 D Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, ArizonaAeroWeb: A-26 at Pima Museum (image)A-26C "A-26B" 43-22499 322499 D New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Named "Reida Rae"A-26C 43-22602 - R MAPS Air Museum, Canton, Ohio.A-26C "B-26K" 43-22652 43652 D Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum, Travis AFB, Fairfield, CaliforniaJimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum A-26C 43-22653 (C-GPTW) S Bankstown Airport, Sydney, AustraliaA-26C "A-26B" 43-22679 612 D Royal Saudi Air Force Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia A-26B 44-34104 N99420 A 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum, Geneseo, New York. Named "Silver Dragon", Currently at Ford Airport KIMTA-26B 44-34134 5176 (FAB) D? Museu de Armas e Veículos e Avioes Motorizados Antigos, Bebedouro, São Paulo, BrazilA-26B 44-34165 - S Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, CaliforniaA-26B44-34172 -RAiles Anciennes de Corbas, Corbas, France.A-26B "A-26C" 44-34313 434313 A Marcin Kubrak, Katowice, Poland. NL4313, Named "Sweet Eloise II"A-26B "A-26C" 44-34423 434423 S Armed Forces and Aerospace Museum, Spokane Valley, WashingtonA-26B 44-34508 - R W.S. Glover, Mount Pleasant, Texas. N74874 A-26B 44-34520 434520 A Lauridsen Aviation Museum, Buckeye, Arizona. N126HP, Named "Lu Lu" (images)A-26B 44-34535 937 S Museo del Aire, San Antonio de los Baños Air Base, CubaA-26B "A-26C" 44-34538 434538 DA Lyon Air Museum, Santa Ana, California. N34538, Named "Feeding Frenzy"A-26B 44-34559 0-34559 D Mississippi Air National Guard - 172nd Airlift Wing, Jackson ANGB, Jackson, MississippiB-26B (A-26B)44-34568 -DPakistan Air Force Museum, Karachi, Sindh, PakistanA-26B 44-34602 434602 A Tina Fly GmbH, Bremgarten, Germany. N167B, named "Sugarland Express". (images)A-26B 44-34610 - S National Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia A-26B 44-34665 434665 D Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska (images)A-26B 44-34722 4434722 DA Jack Erickson / Erickson Aircraft Collection, Madras, Oregon. N3222T (images)A-26B 44-34741 848 (FACh) D Plaza de la Cultura Pablo Neruda, Mejillones, ChileA-26B 44-34746 - D VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post 382, El Reno, Oklahoma. Named "Sonny"A-26B "A-26C" 44-34749 434749 A Abrams Airborne Manufacturing Inc, Avra Valley, Arizona. N4959K, Named "Puss & Boots"A-26B 44-34759 - D Iranian Aerospace Exhibition Centre, Mehrabad, Iran A-26B 44-34765 434765 D Musée Royal de l'Armée, Brussels, Belgium. Named "Mission Completed" (images)A-26B 44-34766 N26BK A H.B. Keck / Thermco Aviation, Thermal, California A-26B 44-34769 N500MR A Comanche Warbirds Inc, Bern, Switzerland. N500MR, named "Rum and Coke" A-26B "A-26C" 44-34773 435740 D Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, Paris, FranceAircraft in MAE http://www.pyperpote.tonsite.biz/pages/a26pag.html A-26B 44-34778 RCAF 098 A Air Ross (1980) Inc, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Based in St. Andrews, Manitoba. C-GWLT A-26C 44-35204 435204 D Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, TexasA-26C 44-35224 435224 D March Field Air Museum, March ARB, Riverside, California. Named "Midnight Endeavour"A-26C 44-35323 435323 DA Planes of Fame Grand Canyon, Valle, Arizona. N8026E, Named "Ahaulin"Planes of Fame http://www.planesoffame.org/AeroWeb: RB-26C at Planes of Fame Museum (image)A-26C 44-35326 435326 D Indiana Military Museum, Vincennes, Indiana.Indiana Military MuseumA-26C 44-35371 435371 S Marine Aviation Museum, Houston, Texas. N4818EA-26C "A-26B" 44-35439 435439 DA Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon N74833, Named "Margie". (images)A-26C "A-26B" 44-35440 931 D Wings Over Miami, Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport, Miami, Florida (image)A-26C 44-35444 844 D Republic of China Air Force Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.Aeroplane Monthly, May 2012A-26C "A-26B" 44-35456 N5625S A Wade Eagleton, Shafter, California. N5625S A-26C 44-35493 N576JB D War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, New Mexico A-26C 44-35504 - D Châteaudun Air Base, France A-26C 44-35508 2504 (FAC) D Apiay AFB, Villavicencio, ColombiaA-26C "A-26B" 44-35523 435523 R Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DelawareA-26C 44-35524 CF-CUI SA Reynolds-Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada (Civil air tanker configuration)A-26C "A-26B" 44-35562 NL7079G A Alien Invaders Inc, Medina, Washington. Named "Sexy Sue" A-26C "A-26B" 44-35586 5156 (FAB) D Augusto Severo AB, Natal, BrazilA-26C 44-35596 0-435596 D Hickam Air Force Base, HawaiiA-26C 44-35601 435601 DS Commemorative Air Force, Mesa, Arizona. N202R, Named "Miss Murphy"A-26C "A-26B" 44-35617 435617 D Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Ogden, Utah. Named "Grim Reaper" A-26C "A-26B" 44-35620 404 (FAG) D Technical School, La Aurora, GuatemalaMarden (2008)A-26C "A-26B" 44-35627 435627 D Dodge City Airport, Dodge City, Kansas A-26C 44-35643 - RA Commemorative Air Force, Ada, Oklahoma. N626SH, Named "Lil Twister"A-26C 44-35696 4-35696 DR Collings Foundation / Aviation Museum of Texas, Uvalde, Texas. N8036E, Named "My Mary Lou" A-26C "A-26B" 44-35708 435708 A Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum, Hillsboro, Oregon. N26PJ (image)A-26C 44-35710 435710 SA Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas. N7705C, Named "Hard To Get" (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.A-26C "JD-1" 44-35721 435721 D Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, California. N9425Z, Named "Invader" (images)A-26C 44-35724 434517 D Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama. Named "Monie"VB-26 ? ? R Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, Warner Robins, GeorgiaA-26C 44-35733 435733 D National Museum USAF, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. Named "Dream Girl" (images)A-26C "A-26B" 44-35752 435752 DR Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina. Named "Rude Invader".A-26C 44-35778 2519 (FAC) D Museo Aeroespacial Colombiana, Eldorado Air Base, Bogotá, Colombia. (image)A-26C 44-35788 N126HK A Stockton Field Aviation Museum, Stockton, California A-26C 44-35859 - D Conservatoire de l'Air et de l'Espace d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux-Merignac Air Base, FranceA-26C "A-26B" 44-35892 4435892 D Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo, ColoradoA-26C "A-26B" 44-35898 VH-VNI A R.W. McFarlane / Aviation Investments Pty, Archerfield, Brisbane, Australia A-26C "A-26B" 44-35911 435911 A George W Lancaster, Wilmington, North Carolina. N6840D, Named "Spirit of NC"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.< 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" (images)A-26C 44-35937 435937 D Jackson Barracks Military Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana A-26C "A-26B" 44-35948 N381EC D Champaign Aviation Museum, Grimes Field, Urbana, Ohio. N381EC A-26C 44-35986 435884 D Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Detroit, Michigan. Named "Stormy Weather"AeroWeb: A-26 at Selfridge Museum B-26K (A-26A) 64-17640 17640 D South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South DakotaAeroWeb: B-26K at South Dakota Museum B-26K (A-26A) 64-17651 64651 D KAI Aerospace Museum, Sachon, South Korea (image)B-26K (A-26A) 64-17653 64653 D Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona (images)B-26K (A-26A) 64-17666 64666 D Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field, Florida (image)B-26K (A-26A) 64-17676 64676 D National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio (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 variantA-26C unknown 227 (FAP) D Las Palmas AB, Lima, PeruA-26C unknown 226 (FAP) D Pisco AB, PeruA-26B unknown 601 (FAS) D Museo Nacional de Aviación, Ilopango AB, El Salvador (image)A-26B unknown M-264 (AURI) D Abdul Rachman Saleh AFB, Malang, East Java, IndonesiaA-26B unknown M-265 (AURI) D Dirgantara Mandala Museum, Adisucipto AFB, Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia A-26B unknown M-265 (AURI) D Taman Prestasi Surabaya, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
References Notes
Bibliography
Federal Aviation Administration. 2014. United States Civil Aircraft Register (USCAR)
(CD-ROM)
External links Douglas B-26K (A-26) Counter Invader – National Museum of the United States Air Force Warbird Registry: A-26 Registry http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a26registry/a26registry.html