Air International 1981-09 / Fighter A to Z

The sole Douglas XA-26A night fighter prototype.

Моделист-Конструктор Бомбардировщики Второй мировой войны

A-26B-10 с ранним типом фонаря пилотской кабины

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-11 / News Spotlight

The Cavalier Air Force Douglas A-26 Invader over Biggin Hill seconds before destruction during the Battle of Britain air display on September 21, 1980.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas A-26B Invader Three-seat Attack Bomber (two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-71 engines).

Авиация и Космонавтика 2017-07 / Знаменательные даты июля в истории авиации

Моделист-Конструктор Бомбардировщики Второй мировой войны

A-26B-15 в полете

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas A-26B Invader Attack Bomber (two 2,000 h.p. Pratt & Whitney R.2800-71 engines).

Air Enthusiast 1999-07 / L.Hellstrom - Air War in Paradise

One of the B-26Bs of the second batch of three Invaders flown to Manado in mid-May 1958, seen at Clark Air Base before delivery. Unlike the first batch these aircraft had eight-gun noses and a natural metal finish.

Air Enthusiast 1999-07 / L.Hellstrom - Air War in Paradise

The two B-26Cs kept on stand-by at Clark Air Base received a makeshift dark green camouflage paint job. In the event they were never used in Indonesia and instead went to Taiwan.

Air Enthusiast 1999-07 / L.Hellstrom - Air War in Paradise

Another and equally anonymous B-26B at Clark, awaiting ferrying to the CIA base at Manado. It was painted overall black without any discernible markings.

Air Enthusiast 1999-07 / L.Hellstrom - Air War in Paradise

One of the first Invaders to be used in the Indonesian operation, B-26B 44-34376, is being run up at Clark Air Base on March 20, 1958, before delivery. Note the wing guns.

Air Pictorial 1957-08 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

A beautifully finished ex-U.S.A.F. Douglas A-26B Invader is used for business executive transportation in the United States. Registration N66661.

Air Enthusiast 1972-01 / Model enthusiast

A-26C in the all-metall finish applicable to the World War II period.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-10 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

Making its UK airshow debut at Coventry's “Wings of Victory" display on August 6-7, 1988 was Douglas A-26B Invader N167B/44-34602, owned and flown by Anders Saether of the Scandinavian Historic Flight. The Coventry show was lavish and varied, but attendance was dreadful with a mere 4,000 on the Saturday and 6,000 on the Sunday. The company which staged the show subsequently collapsed with colossal debts of around million.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v3

Douglas A-26C/B-26C Invader.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-05 / Douglas A-26C Invader 44-35323 /Preservation Profile/

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-05 / Douglas A-26C Invader 44-35323 /Preservation Profile/

Invader 44-35323 with original A-26C glass nose and dorsal turret installed.

Aeroplane Monthly 1978-08 / News Spotlight

A fine study of the A-26 Invader at Bassingbourn on May 27, 1978.

Авиация и Время 2002-06 / И.Сеидов - Ночные сражения в небе Кореи (1)

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas A-26B Invader Three-seat Attack Bomber (two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-71 engines).

Мировая Авиация 186

Invader получил боевое крещение в 1944 году - летчики 386-й бомбардировочной группы летали на A-26C (ближние к камере - с подкрыльевыми пушками) и A-26B против целей на континентальной части. Код "RU" принадлежит 554-й бомбардировочной эскадрилье.

Авиация и Время 2003-02 / И.Сеидов - Ночные сражения в небе Кореи (3)

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / P.Chinnery - The Air War over Vietnam (1)

Douglas B-26B Invader 44-35703. This “Ranch Hand” aircraft was shot down over South Vietnam on November 24, 1963.

Мировая Авиация 30

В первые годы войны во Вьетнаме B-26 зарекомендовал себя весьма эффективным самолетом. Бомбардировщики пилотировались американскими экипажами, но по политическим соображениям несли опознавательные знаки ВВС Южного Вьетнама.

Мировая Авиация 5

После налета на позиции северокорейских войск в мае 1951 года бомбардировщики Invader из 731-й бомбардировочной эскадрильи 452-го крыла бомбардировочной авиации возвращаются на базу в Японии.
The B-26B of the 452nd Bomb Wing in all-black finish as used in Korea.

Air Enthusiast 2007-07 / D.Gordon - Last of the Best /Post-war combat/ (1)

An RF-80A in company with its stablemate at Spangadahlem, an RB-26 of the 1st TRS, 10th TRW.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Lockheed RF-80A / FP-80 - СШАUSA - 1945

Aeroplane Monthly 1978-07 / News Spotlight

Among the many and varied types on show at the International Air Fair, Biggin Hill, on May 20-21, 1978, undoubtedly the most unusual item was the Douglas A-26 Invader, which is to be based at Duxford.

АэроХобби 1994-02 / А.Котлобовский - Двадцать лет в боях (История боевого применения истребителя МиГ-15) /Авиация в локальных конфликтах/ (1)

Бомбардировщик B-26C Invader из состава 729-го BS

Авиация и Время 2002-06 / И.Сеидов - Ночные сражения в небе Кореи (1)

Опробывание двигателей на одном из "Инвейдеров". Весна 1952г.

Авиация и Космонавтика 1999-11 / М.Никольский - Авиация специального назначения (1)

Ветерану второй мировой и корейской войн - B-26 также нашлась работа в качестве "ганшипа"...

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1966 / 02 - Aircraft

On Mark B-26K Counter Invader (two 2,500 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-103W engines), with six 750-lb napalm tanks and two 230-gal jettisonable fuel tanks under wings

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1964 / 01 - Aircraft

On Mark Counter-Invader (two 2,500 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-103W engines)

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1966 / 02 - Aircraft

Photographic-reconnaissance version of the B-26K Counter Invader, with glazed nose

Мир Авиации 2005-02 / В.Мартианов - Шестой континент, пятый океан... /Страницы истории/ (2)

Аэродром американской станции Мак-Мердо. Слева направо: B-26 "Инвейдер", UH-34, R4D (флотское обозначение C-47), P2V "Нептун", "Бивер", R4D-8 (он же LC-117, он же "Super DC-3"). На переднем плане - дом Роберта Скотта (находится внутри строения). 25 октября 1958 года.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver - КанадаCanada - 1947Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935Lockheed Neptune P2V - СШАUSA - 1945Sikorsky CH-34 / S-58 Choсtaw - СШАUSA - 1954

Air Enthusiast 2001-07 / D.Gordon - TAC Recon Masters (1)

An RB-26 30th TRS, 66th TRW, Sembach, 1954. This aircraft carries the yellow chevrons on the underwing tanks as well as on the tail

Air Pictorial 1998-03 / D.Gordon - Destroyer deployers

An all-black Douglas RB-26C, 44-35765, of the 42nd TRS, 10th TRW, seen at RAF Bovingdon in 1955. Three large ventral radomes are supplemented by an array of blade aerials on the rear fuselage.

Air Pictorial 1956-01 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

Photographed at Bovingdon recently, an unusual Douglas RB-26C-46-DT Invader (44-35762), first to be noted in the U.K. with an O-serial. Various bulges may be seen under the nose and rear fuselage.

Air Enthusiast 2001-07 / D.Gordon - TAC Recon Masters (1)

Douglas RB-26 Invader 44-35375 of the 30th TRS, 66th TRW, at Sembach, 1954.

Air Pictorial 1956-05 / Photo-review

A rare bird in Europe, photographed recently at Kastrup, a U.S. Navy target-towing (and drone-towing) Douglas JD-1 Invader. Colour scheme "Midnite" blue and yellow. Note radar in nose.

Air Pictorial 1958-07 / Photo Review

ARCTIC CIRCLERS. What makes these two photographs of otherwise familiar U.S.A.F. types noteworthy is the fact that the aircraft illustrated are residents of the Far North - Ladd A.F.B.. Alaska. Photo: An air-gunnery target tug attached to Ladd A.F.B., is this Douglas TB-26C-45-DT Invader (USAF.0-435756; Buzz No. BC-756), with yellow-painted wingtips and tail assembly.

Air Pictorial 1961-10

A new Beech-designed and built air refuelling system has passed initial evaluation studies by the U.S. Navy. Extension of the system is through electrical release of the drogue which pulls out a 40-ft. length of flexible hose. This in turn forces out the boom.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris - ФранцияFrance - 1954

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-01 / J.Kucera - Mojave Magnificent

Wally McDonnell’s A26K N22939 The Mojave Kid rounds a pylon.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-05 / Douglas A-26C Invader 44-35323 /Preservation Profile/

Invader 44-35323 still in its firefighting configuration in 1981.

Air Enthusiast 1998-09 / F.Mormillo - Tanker 55

Planes of Fame Chairman of the Board Don Lykins taking 44-35323 off for its very first public performance at Chino, California, August 1980.

Air Enthusiast 1998-09 / F.Mormillo - Tanker 55

44-35323 displaying at Chino, still wearing its Conair ‘Tanker 55’ colours.

Air Enthusiast 1998-09 / F.Mormillo - Tanker 55

Kyle Rohman (left), Invader crew chief and museum pilot Kevin Eldridge with RB-26C 44-35323.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas XA-26F Invader which was fitted with an auxiliary General Electric I-16 gas-turbine in place of the rear defensive armament amidships.

Air International 1982-08

Some of the fire-fighting fleet of Conair Aviation, seen towards the end of 1981. They include the Douglas A-26C C-GHLI (fleet No 329, c/n 27702, ex-N9594Z). The Conair fleet includes nine Trackers, 12 A-26 Invaders and seven DC-6B water-bombers.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1964 / 01 - Aircraft

On Mark Marketeer, an executive transport conversion of the Douglas B-26

Мировая Авиация 186

Ряд компаний переоборудовал Invader в корпоративные самолеты, в их числе были "L. В. Smith" и "On Mark Engineering". Последняя предлагала заказчикам изображенный здесь Marksman.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v5

On Mark Marksman.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1966 / 02 - Aircraft

Innovations on the On Mark Marksman B-26 conversion include a redesigned and pressurised fuselage

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1964 / 01 - Aircraft

Smith Tempo II, an executive transport conversion of the Douglas B-26 bomber

Авиация и Время 2008-04 / А.Богданов, А.Котлобовский - Адью, Алжир! (2)

Французы значительные надежды возлагали на бомбардировщики B-26 "Инвейдер"

Мировая Авиация 27

Поставленные из США самолеты B-26 Invader являлись самым потенциально эффективным оружием, которое французы могли использовать под Дьен Бьен Фу. На фотографии: смешанная группа из B-26B и B-26C, последние легко отличить по остекленным носовым частям фюзеляжей. Самолеты принадлежат эскадрилье G.В 1/25 "Tunisie".

Мировая Авиация 186

Данные Invader из французских ВВС - B-26B (ближний к камере) и B-26C из GB1/19 "Gascogne"- сфотографированы во время операции "Picardie", война в Индокитае, 1953 год.

История Авиации 2000-04 / М.Райдер - Пылающее небо Кохинхины /Неизвестная война/

Мировая Авиация 186

Франция активно использовала B-26 в колониальных войнах в Индокитае и Алжире. Восемь установленных в носовой части B-26B пулеметов калибра 12,7 мм - отличное средство для атаки наземных целей.

История Авиации 2000-04 / М.Райдер - Пылающее небо Кохинхины /Неизвестная война/

Полученные французами "Инвейдеры" имели значительный боевой потенциал, обусловленный мощным вооружением, но полностью реализовать его в тяжелых климатических условиях Индокитая было трудно. Как правило, экипажи этих штурмовиков, помимо шести 127-мм НУРСов, брали не более тонны бомб.

Air Pictorial 1957-02

French Air Force Invaders which are becoming increasingly common these days, originate, like this example ex-44-35953, at U.S. storage depots. Many more are yet to come and the numbers carried are evidently the "last three" of the original U.S.A.F. serial.

Air Enthusiast 1998-01 / R.Niccoli - Atlantic Sentinels

Taken at BA9 Luanda in 1975, this B-26 Invader of Esquadra 91 shows the late camouflage used in the African war, a wrap-around antiradiation olive-green with low-visibility markings.

Air Pictorial 1976-03 / J.Wegg - Angola - a last look?

Portuguese A.F. Beech 18 2520 (foreground), two B-26 Invaders (7105 natural finish) and Noratlas 6404

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Beechcraft Model 18 / C-45 Expeditor - СШАUSA - 1937Nord Nord 2500 Noratlas - ФранцияFrance - 1949

Авиация и Космонавтика 2019-05 / В.Морозов - Авиация во Вьетнамской войне (1)

Линейка основных самолетов, которые поставлялись VNAF. Слева направо: L-19 (Helio Courier ???), T-28, B-26B, C-47, C-46 и C-123. Авиабаза Тан Шон Нят, начало 1960-х гг.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Curtiss-Wright C-46 / CW-20 Commando - СШАUSA - 1940Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935Fairchild C-123 Provider - СШАUSA - 1949Helio Courier - СШАUSA - 1949North American T-28 Trojan - СШАUSA - 1949

АвиаМастер 2003-03 / М.Жирохов, А.Котлобовский - Небесные войны Индонезии /Горячая точка/ (2)

Индонезийские "Инвэйдеры" на военных аэродромах.

АвиаМастер 2003-03 / М.Жирохов, А.Котлобовский - Небесные войны Индонезии /Горячая точка/ (2)

"Инвейдер" - экспонат индонезийского авиамузея.

АвиаМастер 2002-04 / М.Жирохов, О.Моногону - Прощай, Биафра! Воздушная война в Нигерии, 1967-70гг. /Неизвестные страницы/

"Инвэйдеры" биафрийских ВВС. Машины относятся к разным модификациям, причем, обе - разведывательные: вверху - RB-26P, внизу - B-26R.

Air International 1985-07

Douglas A-26C operated by the Forca Aerea Brasileira

Aviation Historian 27 / S.Rivas - South of the Border

The Fuerza Aerea de Chile (FACh) operated a total of 38 Douglas B-26B/Cs from 1954. This FACh B-26B, “846”, was originally 44-35937, and, after a long spell as a gate guardian at El Bosque air base, near Santiago, it was moved in 1997 to Jackson Barracks Military Museum in New Orleans.

Aviation Historian 38 / L.Hellstrom - The CIA's defection deception

The original Cuban B-26 number 933 was a glazed-nose B-26C brought to Miami by a defecting pilot in December 1958, just before the revolution. The fin still bears FAEC rather than FAR titles, and the aircraft is fitted with gun turrets and underwing gun packs. The forward fuselage is adorned with an “Indian’s Head” motif.

Aviation Historian 38 / L.Hellstrom - The CIA's defection deception

The official CIA history relating to Project JMFURY states: “Both pilot and aircraft were to be reamed, steamed, dry-cleaned, sterilised and sanitised in order to make it appear that a legitimate defection from Castro’s Cuba had occurred”. Note the gun-equipped nose of the B-26B (of which the FAR had few, if any, at that time) and the feathered starboard propeller, supposedly owing to “battle damage”.

Aviation Historian 38 / L.Hellstrom - The CIA's defection deception

Douglas B-26 Invader “933" in its Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria (FAR) markings at Miami on April 15, 1961, following its participation in the CIA’s Project JMFURY. Press photographers were encouraged to take as many photographs as they wanted, with a view to spreading the message that Cuban pilots were attacking their own airfields and defecting to the USA.

Aviation Historian 38 / L.Hellstrom - The CIA's defection deception

The USA's ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson, inspects a press photograph of the B-26 at Miami. Kept in the dark regarding how much involvement the Americans had in the Bay of Pigs operations, Stevenson was unaware of Project JMFURY and suffered profound embarrassment as a result.

Aviation Historian 38 / L.Hellstrom - The CIA's defection deception

Customs agents remove the ammunition from the B-26 at Miami. The prerevolution Fuerza Aereas Ejercito de Cuba (Cuban Army Air Force - FAEC) had taken delivery of the first of its 18 Invaders in November 1956. The air arm was renamed the Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria following Castro’s takeover in 1959.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-02 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

The fuselage of Douglas A-26C Invader N4806E at Rockford, Illinois before its journey across the Atlantic last year. It is now being restored at Southend, and is to be finished in USAF Korean War markings of the 3rd Bombardment Wing - black overall with red flashes.