When I was a boy we used to drive by a former Army Air Forces training base, or what was left of it by 1970, and there were quite a few old airplanes scattered around in various stages of deterioration. Flyable stuff was out front by the fence, partly disassembled ones were out back. I ended up with a summer job there and got a couple of photos of one of the cooler planes that eventually did fly out, a B-26 (and I'm not getting into any arguments about how it was really A-26; it had the B prefix a lot longer than it had the A one) that I believe is in a museum in Carson City NV today. The photos aren't great, it was my first camera, a 99-cent (literally) gray plastic thing with a plastic lens that could only do black and white. But I thought they might be of interest anyway.
B-26 from a NC scrapyard circa 1970
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Douglas A-26C-50-DT Invader it is.
1945: TOS USAAF as A-26C 44-35788. 6/48: Redesignated B-26C. By 1960: L.B Smith Aircraft Corp, Miami, FL, as NL8058E. 1977: John Stokes, San Marcos, TX, with c/r N8058E. 1981: Joe Mabee, Midland, TX. 11/82: EAA Aviation Foundation, Oshkosh, WI. 1987 to 1994: Underwent full restoration at Troy, AL, and delivered to Oshkosh in 1994. 4/01: A-26 Company Inc, Van Nuys, Ca and registered N126HK. 2002-2004: Underwent restoration. 30 May 14: Cactus Air Force Wings and Wheels Museum, Carson City, NV.
1945: TOS USAAF as A-26C 44-35788. 6/48: Redesignated B-26C. By 1960: L.B Smith Aircraft Corp, Miami, FL, as NL8058E. 1977: John Stokes, San Marcos, TX, with c/r N8058E. 1981: Joe Mabee, Midland, TX. 11/82: EAA Aviation Foundation, Oshkosh, WI. 1987 to 1994: Underwent full restoration at Troy, AL, and delivered to Oshkosh in 1994. 4/01: A-26 Company Inc, Van Nuys, Ca and registered N126HK. 2002-2004: Underwent restoration. 30 May 14: Cactus Air Force Wings and Wheels Museum, Carson City, NV.
Aircraft Photo of N8058E / NL8058E | Douglas A-26C Invader | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #374539
Aircraft photo of N8058E / NL8058E - Douglas A-26C Invader, taken by Glenn Chatfield at Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH) in Wisconsin, United States on 31 July 1983 during the EAA Fly-In Convention 1983. 1945: TOS USAAF as A-26C 44-35788. 6/48: Redesignated B-26C. By 1960: L.B Smith...
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