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	Above, N256H at Miami International in June 78       m The above three shots were kindly donated by Gary M. Lewis and were shot at Travis Field, in Savannah, Georgia in April 1977         To see the original shot above, go Tim480's photostream at Flickr       N256H January 1981 October 1980   Above, Marana - Pinal Airpark (MZJ / KMZJ) USA - Arizona Nov 1980. Photo supplied by Bob Woolnough       The below eight shots are from the Graham Robson collection, provided by Allied Signal. The above two shots were donated via "THE JOHAN VISSCHEDIJK COLLECTION" at 1000 aircraft photos - Thanks Johan               f The above two shots were kindly sent in by Justin Wilde living in So. Cal. Visit his web site here www.christmassongs.com           g The above five shots were kindly donated by david D Jackson. Visit Davids unique sites for more of his wonderful photography   Warbirds and Airshows Surviving Grumman S2F Tracker Information Repository A question of two aircraft with one identity. When, why, how, who ? An investigation by Richard E Fulwiler Serial #: 41-39221 Construction #:   6934 Civil Registration:   N9636C   N3035S   N256H   N26GT Model(s): A-26B-20-DL      B-26B On mark Marksman Name: None Status: Display Last info: 2010 Courtesy of Richard E Fulwiler   History: Farrah Manufacturing Co Inc. Registered as N9636C Southern Natural Gas Co, Birmingham, AL, 1963-1966 Converted to On Mark Marksman C  ( circa 1962-1963 ) Registration changed to - N3035S Mid America Pipeline Co ( MAPCO, Inc. ), Tulsa, OK, 1966 Exchanged registrations with Marketeer 44-34755,  June, 1968 from N3035S - to - N256H  Bancroft Manufacturing Co., McComb, MS, 1970-1972. Park Meadow Inc/Ligon Air Inc, Ligonier, In. Garret Corp, Phoenix, AZ, Circa 1979.  - Modified for testing turbine engine in nose. Garret AiResearch Corp, Phoenix, AZ, Apr. 1983-1988. Registration changed to - N26GT  - Used for engine testing. Allied Signal Inc, Phoenix, AZ, Dec. 1988-1992. Struck-off USCR, Jan. 10, 1992. South Mountain High School, Phoenix, AZ, 1992-Current  - Donated to Aviation Technology program  - Displayed in outdoor compound The air crash with the DOUGLAS A26C happened on 1/4/1983 at 1325 in PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA, causing Substantial damage to the Airplane. More details on the accident below: Date/Time: 1/4/1983 at 1325 Mountain Standard Time Location: PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA Aircraft: Airplane Make/Model: DOUGLAS A26C Damage: Substantial Injuries: N/A     THE LEFT GEAR RETRACTED. THE MODIFICATION OF THE ACFT FOR EXPERIMENTAL USE REDUCED ACCESS TO THE RUDDER TRIM CONTROL WITH THE GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION. WITH THE SELECTOR IN NEUTRAL, IT WAS POSSIBLE TO APPLY LOADS TO THE GEAR WHICH REMOVED THE GEAR FROM THE POSITIVE DOWN & LOCKED POSITION. POSITIONING THE SELECTOR TO THE DOWN POSITION EXERTS 1500 PSI TOWARD THE DOWN POSITION. SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT, THE OPERATOR RELOCATED THE RUDDER TRIM KNOB TO ALLOW RAPID 360 DEG OPERATION OF THE TRIM HANDLE WITH NO INTERFERENCE WHEN THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IS IN THE DOWN POSITION.

	The above photo was furnished by J.G. Handelman and was taken at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshal Airport on August 6th 1967         The three shots above are from the Larry Green collection See Transport Photos.com for details of the above shot The above shot sent in by Paul Cicci shows N26AB at Oshkosh in 1976     Serial #: 44-34526 Construction #: 27805 Civil Registration:   N9178Z   N827W   N551EH   N400V   CF-OFO N7977   N26AB Model(s):   A-26B   B-26B   On Mark Marketeer   On Mark Marksman Name: Intimate Invader Status: For Sale Last info: 2002   History: Registered as N9178Z A.M. Wheaton Glass Corp. - Registered as N827W. E.T.S. Hokin Corp, San Francisco, CA, 1961-1966. - Registered as N551EH. - Converted to On Mark Marksman, Van Nuys, circa 1962. CWC Air Inc, Flushing, MI, 1969. - Registered as N400V. Certified Check & Title Corp, Wilkesboro, NY, 1970. - Registered as N7977. Twin Cities Aviation, Inc, Edina, MN, 1972. Dennis M. Sherman, West Palm Beach, FL, 1976-1978. - Registered as N26AB. - Flew in quasi USAF scheme, "Intimate Invader". Oklahoma Aircraft Sales, Yukon, OK, Apr. 1981-1986. Continental Jet Inc, Clarksville, TN, Mar. 1987. Charles Bella, El Paso, TX, Chaparral, NM, 1988-2002. - Open Storage, santa Teresa, NM, 1990-2002. - Still marked as "Intimate Invader". Reported for sale, 2002.

	N26BK at Van Nuys on may 98 Courtesy of Tom Singfield Many thanks to Gerhard Plomitzer for sending in this great shot of N26BK landing at Van Nuys in 06. See Gerhards collection at airliners.net here For additional shots of this beautiful aeroplane go to the Graham Robson collection   Howard Keck (A-26 Company Inc) now owns ex EAA A-26 44-35788, formerly NL8058E, which is now NL126HK. Howard also owns the beautiful, highly polished bare metal executive conversion A-26 N26BK 44-34766 which he flies and also owns the derelict A-26 N99426 44-35780 which flew in Florida as "The Hustler" before it went to Australia for awhile. Three A-26s! Lucky guy. Serial #: 44-34766 Construction #: 28045 Civ. Registration:   N67807   N1243   N910G   N9150   N26BK Model(s):   A-26B   On Mark Marketeer Name: Wild Thang Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002   History: Delivered to Reconstruction Finance Corp as 44-34766 - Immediately put up for dispossal, 1945. Dianna Converse Cyrus Bixby, 1947-1949. - Registered as N67807. - Flown as Bendix Racer #91/Huntress. - Fitted with bomb bay fuel tank for Bendix cross-country race, 1947. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co, Tulsa, OK, 1954 - Registered as N67807. Pan American Petroleum Corp, Tulsa, OK, 1961-1964 - Registered as N1243. Standard Oil Co (Indiana), Chicago, IL, May 31, 1965. Nine Ten Corp, Chicago, IL, Aug. 4, 1965-1966. - Registered as N910G. Paramount Trading Co., Vero Beach, CA 1968-1969 - Registered as N9150. Miami Aircraft Ventures Inc., Miami, FL, 19701972. Vicky Miller, Burbank, CA, 1977 USAF Museum, Castle AFB, CA, 1983 - Displayed as USN JD-1 "34766" port side. - Displayed as USAF 34766/Mary Jo starboard side. V. Mark Johnson, Lakewood, CO, Dec. 1984-1987 Donald Douglas Museum, Santa Monica, CA, 1987-1990 - Displayed as 434766/Pretty Patti/J Larry Leaf, Willston, FL, 1990-1991. David Brady, Cartersville, GA, 1991-1992 - Damage in mid-air collision with Brady's T-37. - A-26 landed safetly, Cartersville, GA, June 7, 1991. Reva J. Brady, Cartersville, GA, Feb. 1992. Museum Of Flying, Santa Monica, CA, 1993. - Restored to executive configuration, Mojave, CA, 1993-1995. Howard B. Keck/Thermco Aviation, Thermal, CA & Coachella, CA, May 25, 1994-2002. - Registered as N26BK.

	Above, N706ME before she was converted to an On Mark Marketeer Above, August 1961 Above, 1963 at On Mark Above, YB-26K & A-26B 44-34713 N5538V "Initiator V" on display during an Open House at Van Nuys Airport, July 1964 Sent in by Mike Shakocius  Above, courtesy of Tom Janney Above, N26WB at Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (FLL / KFLL) July 14, 1979 Above, Don Whittington of Palm Beach, Florida, guides his pristine Douglas B-26 on to the Oshkosh tarmac Above, Taken at FtLauderdale International in the 70's. Above, Courtesy of Bill Bailey Above, 1978 Thanks to Mick Bajcar for this great shot above, showing N26WB at Fort Lauderdale in June 78 The above shot is circa 1988-92 The series of 6 shots above were taken at La Cruces-International, sometime after 2000 Above, this shot is via fencecheck.com The above two shots above were taken by Steve Dickey at La Cruces-International, 2011 The five shots above show N26WB, at the Las Cruces International Airport, January 26, 2008. These shots were kindly donated by David Dwight via his site, click here for more of Davids wonderful work Serial #: 44-34713 Construction #: 27992 Civil Registration:   N5538V   N706ME   N36B   N26MR   N26WB Model(s):   A-26B   B-26C   On Mark Marketeer Name: None Status: Unknown Last info: 2002   History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-34713 - Loaned to France for service in Indochina, Jan. 1954. - Returned to USAF Nov 1955. - Open storage, Clark AFB, Philippines, 1955-1958. Registered as N5538V Star Flite Inc, 1961. - Registered as N706ME as "Initiator" On Mark, 1963-64 On Mark Engineering Co, Van Nuys, CA, 1963-1964. - Converted to On Mark Marketeer Executive configuration. W.R. Bailard, Ventura, CA, 1966-1972. - Flew as Coastal Luck IV as N36BB Micky Rupp, Mansfield, OH, 1974 - Registered as N26MR. Sherman Aircraft Sales, West Palm Beach, FL, Jan. 1975. Don Whittington, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1975. - Registered as N26WB. A.S. Barber Inc, Kirksville, MO, 1977. Don Whittington, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1984. Sale Reported, Danville, IL, 1984-1986. Mid South Aircraft Sales Inc, Memphis, TN, Mar. 1987. Wayne County Sheriff Department, Detroit, MI, July 1988. National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY, 1988-1992. Lane Ethridge/Nostalgia Inc., Denton, TX, 1992-2002. - Registered as N706ME. - At Las Cruces, NM, Oct. 2002. - Still marked at N26WB with 8-gun nose.

	Above, N2852G 44-35493 while at the Air Museum, Ontario, California in March 1964 Sent in by Mike Shakocius Above is another shot of N2852G at Fox Field in 68 The above shot is from the Bill Larkins archive. Go here to visit his site.       For additional information on the ten shots below, go to The Dave N collection Above, Fox Field, Lancaster California 1969 The above shot was supplied by Tom Singfield and show "2582" in Mojave in June 1974 The above six shots were kindly sent in by Carl Jenkins ( See below )         I had a mail and nine photos ( Below ) from Ted Schwarz to clarify certain aspects of Carls Jenkins statement below:*   Hello, I am really enjoying your website as a friend just connected me to it. In regards to N2852G / N576JB I have personal experience to share. I can vouch for some of Carl's information, but need to clear some of it up. I was hired by US Customs to work on their aircraft in Sept 1979 and this aircraft was sitting on their ramp in NAS New Orleans. It had been there already for a year or two before I was hired. The story I heard about it was that the enforcement agencies knew it was flying out of the US and there were pictures of it in Columbia. They had nothing that would catch the aircraft so it was seized by the fact that a Neutrality Act was violated (working armament on an aircraft that leaves the US borders). I understand it was seized at it's home base in Mississippi and flown back to NAS for safekeeping. It originally had drop tanks under the wings, these were ripped from the wings during a requested high speed pass before landing! It just had the fuel pumps hanging down when I saw it. We would periodically run the engines to keep them operational. For about three years it sat on our ramp until the courts gave it back to the owner. He or his agent (not sure who it was) came out to look over the aircraft and then sold it to an outfit in Oklahoma who intended to restore it as a Korean Night Fighter. We did some repair work to get the aircraft flyable, I worked on the wings to patch up the torn skins. The outfit hired renowned P-51 racer John Crocker to fly the aircraft and after some runups and taxi tests, he blasted off. He had to do the complimentary low level high speed pass for all of us before heading out of our lives. Some things I noted; the wings were sealed in additional areas to create much larger fuel tanks, the engines were in very good shape and the "putt-putt" APU ran quite well. The instrument panel was real nice with a great King Gold Crown package installed (better equipment than we had in our aircraft by far). The interior was very clean, the top turret was gone with a sheet metal panel screwed down in its place. The bomb bay was functional with a drop system set up for quick unloading of contents, it was pallets supported by chains. I was really impressed by the flap system, what a work of engineering! All so beautiful, and the entire airframe flush riveted for the slick surface. I was also impressed with the engine QEC setup, where the forward section of cowl was an integral engine mount with a dozen or more bolts about its circumference. I have a number of pictures, I will try to round some up that will be good enough to scan and get them to you soon.   Regards, Ted Schwarz Martin, I am sending 9 photos. In these three, you see us doing a runup on our ramp, then you see another run being accomplished about two years later. Note my son who is now 30 years old! Third shows the instrument panel. Here we have moved the A26 over to the Navy's ramp for wrap up work. It is now owned by Oklahoma Aircraft Corporation and we borrowed Jacks from the Navy to run the gear up and down. OAC hired famed race pilot John Crocker to fly the A26 to their facility, you can see the crew standing by the aircraft as John goes over his cockpit checks. Once satisfied, he taxied out to the runway. Here is the takeoff, and then the obligatory low altitude high speed pass. The aircraft made the trip to Oklahoma without any issues, the rest is history. I meant to point out in the first set of pictures that you can clearly see the fuel pump dangling from the left wing where the drop tank did as its name implies. Right wing was identical. All the best, Ted Serial #: 44-35493 Construction #: 28772 Civil Registration:   N2852G   N576JB Model(s):   A-26C   RB-26C Name: None Status: Displayed Last info: 2002   History: Dollar Lines Inc, San Francisco, CA. - Registered as N2852G. Pacific Flight Service Inc, Angwin, CA, 1964-1969. Arthur W. McDonnell, Lancaster, CA, Nov. 1970-1975. - Operated with fog dispersal gear, 1969-1975. Stencel Aero Engineering, Ashville, NC, 1977. Sept 1981 - Impounded on the ramp at NAS New Orleans 11th Sep 1981 during a fuel stop. ( See clarification in this section, from Ted Schwarz and Carl Jenkins ) Oklahoma Aircraft Sales, Yukon, OK, 1984. John McGuire, El Paso, TX, 1986-1987. John MacGuire/ War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, NM, Feb. 17, 1987-2002. - Registered as N576JB.   * Clarification: I had a great mail from Carl Jenkins regarding N2852G. Its people like Carl that make this site what it is, with personal insights like this, thanks Carl   Carl wrote:   Hi, I'm Carl Jenkins.  Just signed your guest book.  I've been enjoying your site for some time now.  Noticed you have a new area "drug runners" and noticed the WEAM A-26C 44-35493 N2852G was missing.  Thought I'd fill in another blank.  Here are 5 pics of '493 I took on the impound ramp at NAS New Orleans 11Sep1981 during a fuel stop.  '493 kinda stood out amond the other airplanes .  Asked a DEA man if he would mind me crawling over the plane and the answer was, "...go ahead I think we've cleaned her out".  The story was '493 was blasting up the Texas-Louisiana coast at a very low altitude and a high rate of speed.  A couple fast movers out of Ellington caught up with her outside Grand Isle, LA.  The bomb doors opened and the load of pot dropped into the gulf.  He was escorted to NAS N.O and landed without any further opposition.  This took place the last week of August 1981.  I was fortunate enough to be passing through a week later and got these pictures.    Thanks again, keep the Invaders alive... s/f Carl

	Serial #: 41-39319  Construction #: Civil Registration:   N2876G   Model(s):   A-26B   B-26B      Le Tourneau Name: None Status: Display Last info: 1985   History: Registered as N2876G R.G. Letourneau Inc, Longview, TX, 1954-1966. - Executive conversion to Le Tourneau B-26. Sam Seaton, Fort Smith, AR, June 24, 1969-1970.

	The above shot of N300V at Gatwick in '63, was donated by Ian Anderson via ABPIC, for more of Ian's work click here Regarding the above shot of N300V at Gatwick on May 4th 1963, See Warferry's photostream at Flickr N300V at LHR in the early 60's The above shot is from the Ken Ellis collection The above four shots were supplied by Jeremy Hughes and taken at Gatwick in 1963 The above shot sent in by Thomas Singfield, shows N300V at Gatwick in the 60's Flight International article, 11th July 1963, on N300V Serial #: 44-34616 Construction #: 27895 Civil Registration:   N2890D   N300V Model(s):   A-26B   VB-26B   On Mark Marketeer Lockheed Air Super 26 Name: None Status: Unknown Last info: 1978   History: Registered as N2890D Commonwealth Plan Inc, Boston, MA, - Registered as N300V. Daniel G. Van Clief, Esmont, VA, 1963-1966. Omni Investment Corp, Washington DC, 1966-1970. Sale reported on USCR, 1978.

	Above is are two photos of N303WC. It was later bought by the late G Edward Counselman of Topeka, KS who died in his second On-Mark N4813E when it crashed into a mountain in New Mexico See Transport Photos.com for details of this shot Above, 1965       The below aircraft could be 44-35601 or 44-35913 Could anyone help clarify this please Above, The Texas Instrument aircraft photographed at NATC Patuxent River, MD Photo kindly supplied by Joe Handelman The above photo was supplied by Gary Chambers via his library at Airliners.net and shows her at Indianapolis - Regional (Mount Comfort) (MQJ) on July 1985 Serial #: 44-35913 Construction #:   29192 Civil Registration:   N3522C   N303WC Model(s):   A-26C   On Mark Marketeer Name: None Status: Displayed Last info: 2001   History: Registered as N3522G On Mark Engineering Co, Van Nuys, CA. - Registered as N303WC. Western Contracting Corp, Lincoln, NE, 1963-1969. Texas Instruments Inc, Dallas, TX, 1971-1977. Edward G. Counselman, Topeka, KS, Nov. 1978-1984. USAFM, Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, TX, 1984-2002. - Displayed as 435913. - Fitted with 8 gun nose

	Serial #: 44-34603 Construction #: 27882 Civil Registration:   N3157G Model(s):   A-26B   B-26B Name: None Status: Wrecked Last info: 1970   History: Princess Coal Sales, Co. - Registered as N3157G. Kenneth Van Buren, Newfield, NJ, 1964. John S. Johnson, Savannah, GA, 1966-1970. - Forced landing near Dorchester, GA with gear up on beach after engine    failure, aircraft stopped in ocean, Nov. 26, 1966. - Aircraft not salvaged. Note NTSB Identification: MIA67A0061 14 CFR Part 91 General Aviation Event occurred Saturday, November 26, 1966 in DORCHESTER, GA Aircraft: DOUGLAS A-26B, registration: N3157G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA                                                                F  S M/N     PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1018  66/11/26   DORCHESTER GA       DOUGLAS A-26B       CR-  0  0  2  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 4500         TIME - 1310                    N3157G              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 135 IN TYPE,                                        DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.         TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION            ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE            GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN         PROBABLE CAUSE(S)            POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS         FACTOR(S)            MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES            MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER         PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE         COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE         EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND         REMARKS- PLT TRIED INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP LANDING ON BEACH ACFT STOPPED  IN OCEAN.ACFT NOT SALVAGED.

	For additional information on the four shots below, go to The Dave N collection Above, Tucson Arizona 1978           The above two photos were kindly donated by Tom Janney Serial #: 41-39161 Construction #: 6874 Civil Registration:   N1470V   N317V   N317W   N26RP Model(s):   A-26B   B-26B   On Mark   Marketeer Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2004   History: Registered as N1470V Humphrey's Gold Corp, FL, 1956. - Registered as N317V. Humphrey's Engineering Co, Denver, CO, 1963-1966. Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO, 1969. - Registered as N317W. Air Mayo Inc, Lakewood, CO, 1972. Slaco Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1977. Robert P. Lammerts, Oklahoma City, OK, Sep. 1981-1984. - Registered as N26RP. ADA Aircraft Museum, Oklahoma City, OK, 1986-1990. Colonel Aircraft Sales, Oklahoma City, OK, May 1991-1995. - Flown as 436874/L. Gerald Yagen/The Fighter Factory, Virginia Beach, CA, Nov. 1996-2004. - Under restoration to airworthy, Norfolk, VA, 1996-2004.