TheA-26 Invader (B-26 between 1948–1965) was a twin-engined light attack bomber, built by theDouglas Aircraft Co. duringWorld War II, that also saw service during several other conflicts in the post-war era of the latter 20th century.
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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:
| 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 | - | S | Ailes Anciennes Toulouse,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 | Million Air (Tailwinds LLC),Houston, Texas.[8] N26BP, named "Million Airess" |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 41-39401 | - | R | Fantasy of Flight,Polk City, Florida. N39401[3] Currently under restoration at Aero Trader inChino,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 (formerCastle 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 | 44-34172 | - | R | Ailes Anciennes de Corbas,Corbas, France.[19] |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 44-34313 | 434313 | A | Black Crow Aviation,Santa Rosa, California. NL4313, 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[20] |
| 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[citation needed] |
| A-26B | 44-34602 | 434602 | A | Tina Fly GmbH, Bremgarten, Germany. 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 | N500MR | A | Comanche Warbirds Inc,Bern, Switzerland. N500MR,[4] named "Rum and Coke" |
| A-26B "A-26C" | 44-34773 | 435740 | D | Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace,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 toNorth Texas Regional Airport inDenison, 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 | Stockton Field Aviation Museum,Stockton, California[2] |
| A-26C | 44-35859 | - | D | 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] |
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