USAF Serial Number Search Results

44-34522 ... 44-34585 (EXACT MATCH)
Douglas A-26B-61-DL Invader
MSN 27801/27864
34522 (MSN 27801) crashed 4 mi from Loveland Jun 4, 1949.  All 4 onboard killed.
34523 (MSN 27802) converted to On Mark Marketeer N9174Z and used by Garrett Corp 1964-1977.
Modified for a T-76-G turboprop engine in nose position. Converted back to two engines. 
A photo of N9174Z with test engine shows no evidence of Marketeer
conversion.  To Airspray (67) of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada as C-GTOX Jan 6, 1982.  
The Marketeer conversion was removed during conversion to tanker, it then flew as tanker
#14 named "Hasta Luego".  Retired in 2004 and stored at CYQF (Red Deer)
and offered for sale.  Examination of photos of N9174Z and C-GTOX show no evidence
of Marketeer conversion.
34524 (MSN 27803) to civil registry as N588 (?) converted to On Mark Marketeer N58Y, 
then N588, later to Colombia as HK-999E.
34526 (MSN 27805) to civil registry as N9178Z.  Converted to On Mark Marksman N827W, 
later CF-OFO, May 17, 1962, then N551EH ca Apr 1963, then N400V, N7977, N26AB.
34528 loaned to France Jan 1951 for service in Indochina.  Shot
down Jan 6, 1953 between Na San and Haiphong.
34529 (8th BS, 3rd BG) shot down by ground fire 
2/19/52.  Crew captured and returned in Big Switch.
34530 loaned to France Jan 1951 for service in Indochina.  Crashed on takeoff Jan 3, 1954 at Seno in Laos.
34531 (MSN 27810, 3rd BW, 8th BS) crashed on takeoff Oct 9, 1951.  To storage at MASDC.  SOC Sep 23, 1957.
Registered N3472G Jun 20, 1959, cancelled Aug 10, 1959 on export to Chile 
34534 (17th BW, 34th BS) crashed on takeoff in bad weather Dec 10, 1952.
34535 sold on commercial market as N8020E.  Transferred to Portugal in 1965 as 7101.
Abandoned at Luanda, Angola in 1975.  This may be the plane on display in Havana, Cuba marked as FAR 933,
repainted as 937 following Hurrican Michelle Nov 2001.  It is thought that Cuban forces in Angola might
have brought this plane back to Cuba as a trophy.  It is commonly thought 
that the aircraft on display cannot be a genuine Cuban Air Force A-26, for the Cubans only had A-26Cs and this 
is obviously a B model.  937 was was the only FAR A-26 in airworthy condition at the time of the 
Bay of Pigs invasion.  933 was the fake FAR A-26 that landed in Miami on April 15th 1961 pretending 
he had defected from Cuba. Perhaps the museum had tried to pass off 937 as the fake 933 (the real 933 
had a glass nose).  The Museo del Aire A-26B might be the original 937.   It was not part of the batch 
of A-26Cs sold to Cuba in 1956 but was sold separatly to Cuba for use as a parts source, probably after 
the US government imposed an arms embargo against the Batista regime in the late 50s. It was never 
given a Cuban Air Force number until it was repaired and put in service under Castro's Air Force.  
Don't know the USAF serial number of 937
34536 (B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for service in Indochina.  Lost Nov 3, 1951 near Nhat-Ny.
34538 (MSN 27817, B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for service in Indochina.  Returned to
USAF Oct 1955.  Converted to Rock Island Consort 26 N6839D, later N34538.  Still flying.
34539 (B-26C) loaned to France Jan 1954 for service in Indochina.  Returned to
USAF Aug 1954.  Kept in reserve for Operation *Haik* in 1958.
34539 in Vietnam July 1963-Apr 1964 under *Farm Gate*.  Scrapped at Clark Field.
34542 (8th BS, 3rd BG) MIA after night mission in Korea.
34543 (452nd BW, 729th BS) hit by AA Mar 24, 1951 and crashlanded
5 mi N of Sunan.
34544 (452nd BW, 728th BS) shot down by AAA near Pongmang-ni, 
Korea Apr 24, 1951.
34545 (B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for
service in Indochina.  Missing Sept 11, 1951.
34546 (17th BW, 37th BS) crashed into sea after takeoff from
Pusan Jan 13, 1953.  
34547 (452nd BW) damaged by MiGs and returned to base Apr 9, 1951.  MIA
with 452nd BW, 729th BS Sep 29, 1951.
34550 (MSN 27829) converted to On Mark Marketeer CF-CRR, later N355Q, N7769C, HK-1247W, 
HK-1247P.  Crashed on takeoff at Bogota Sep 21, 1988.
34551 in Vietnam Jan 1963 to April 1964 under
*Farm Gate*.  Scrapped at Clark Field.
34552 damaged when wing spar was bent during pull up from
stall (13th BS, 3rd BG).  Returned to USA and rebuilt.
Converted to B-26B and loaned to France Jan 1954 for
service in Indochina.  Returned to USAF Oct 1955 and scrapped. 
34553 photo shows damaged in landing accident at Suwon AB in South Korea ca 1951. 
34554 (B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for
service in Indochina.  Returned to
USAF Oct 1955 and scrapped.  
34555 (MSN 27834, B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for
service in Indochina.  Returned to
USAF Nov 1955.  Became N84W, N841W,
N5BP, N550 and later N26HK.  In storage
in Florida.  At some point became an On Mark conversion
34558 (B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for
service in Indochina.  Missing
on April 28, 1951 near Cao Bang.
34559 on display at opposite end of runway from Jackson Intl Airport main terminal, Mississippi.
34560 (452nd BW, 729th BS) lost on night intruder mission Jul 19, 1951.
34562 (452nd BW, 728th BS) lost on night recon mission Feb 28, 1952.
34563 (452nd BW, 729th BS) damaged while attacking Wonsan, Korea and
crashed into sea May 7, 1951.
34564 (B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for service in Indochina.  Returned to
USAF Oct 1955 and scrapped.  
34565 (B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for service in Indochina.  Exploded in
midair Nov 6, 1953 near Sud-Laie.
34567 to civil registry as N9412Z.  Converted to On Mark Marksman, later ZS-CVD.  Last seen on South
African AF Museum storage dump.
34568 (B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for
service in Indochina.  Returned to
USAF Nov 1955.  Became N202P, N202PP, and 
later AP-AVV (NTU).  Displayed at Karachi.  
34569 (B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1954 for
service in Indochina.  Returned to
USAF Oct 1955 and scrapped.  
34570 (17th BW, 37th BS) MIA on night interdiction mission Feb 23, 1953
34571 modified to RB-26 status for 162nd TRS in 1950, later the
12th TRS in Korea.
34572 (452nd BW, 729th BS) damaged by AAA and crashlanded at Miho AB.
Total loss.
34575 (B-26B0 loaned to France Jan 1951 for
service in Indochina.  Returned to
USAF Oct 1955 and scrapped.  
34577 (B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for
service in Indochina.  Returned to
USAF Oct 1955 and scrapped.  
34579 (B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for
service in Indochina.  Returned to
USAF Oct 1955 and scrapped.
34580 (452nd BW, 728th bS) MIA Korea Aug 26, 1951.
34581 (MSN 27860) to civil registry as N8038E with Consolidated Air Parts
Corp of Los Angeles, CA.  Reported derelict at Tucson, AZ
in 1969.
34582 (13th BS, 3rd BG) MIA after night mission 12/8/52.
34583 (B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for
service in Indochina.  Crashed on
landing at Cat Bi May 31, 1951.
34584 (B-26C) to France as 987-C.  Crashed in 
sea off Grindavik, Iceland Aug 22, 1956 
during delivery.
34585 (B-26B) loaned to France Jan 1951 for
service in Indochina.  W/o in accident
June 21, 1955.