Aircraft Photo of N26WB | Douglas B-26B Invader | AirHistory.net #416486
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N26WB
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas A-26 Invader
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas A-26 Invader (B-26/JD)
Aircraft Version:Douglas B-26B Invader
C/n (msn):27992
Location
City / Airport:Las Cruces - InternationalMap
Region / Country:New Mexico, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KLRU   IATA: LRU   Local: LRU   Other: -
 
Photo Date:28 October 2007
Photo by:Stephan de Bruijn
Photo ID: 416486
Photo Comment

d/d USAAF as 44-34713. Loaned to France for ops in Indochina jan'54, returned to USAF nov'55. Stored at Clack AFB '55-'58. Became N5538V, and from '61 owned by Star Flite Inc as N706ME (named Initiator V). Cvtd by On Mark Engineering Co at Van Nuys (CA) '63-'64 and served WR Bailard, Ventura (CA) from '66-'72 as N36BB (as Coastal Luck IV). Sold to Micky Rupp, Mansfield (OH) '74 as N26MR, then Sherman Aircraft Sales from Jan'75 as N26WB. Several other owners until it became N706ME in 1992 with Nostalgia Inc. Never operated as such, remained stored at Las Cruses as N26WB. Still there by 2024.

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