Douglas A/B-26 Invader

Hard to get














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Serial #: 44-35710
Construction #: 28989
Civil Registration:
  N7705C
  OO-INV
Model(s):
  A-26C
  B-26C
  On Mark Marketeer
Name: Hard To Get
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002

 

History:
Delivered to USAAF as 44-35710.
- BOC: May 1945.
- SOC: June 16, 1956.
- Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, 1956-1958.
- Sold as surplus for $2,084, Mar. 1958.
Les Bowman, Balboa, CA, Mar. 1958.
- Registered as N7705C.
Mayhew Supply Inc, Gulfport, MS, 1963.
Appliance Buyers Credit Corp, St. Joseph, MI, 1964-1969.
Rusk Aviation, Kankakee, IL, 1972.
Eugene H. Akers, San Diego, CA, 1977-1988.
- Open Storage, Chino, CA, 1978-1994.
- Attempted delivery to USAFM, 1986.
-- Engine failure forced return to Chino and storage.
David C. Tallichet/MARC, Chino, CA, 1989-1994.
Pacific Fighters, Chino, CA, 1994-1995.
- Restored to airworthy started, 1994-1995.
Richard Nivo/Historic Invader Aviation Corp, Las Vegas, NV
& Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dec. 1, 1995-2000.
- Restoration completed, 1996-1997.
- First Flight, Dec. 1997.
- Flew as 435710/58/Hard TO Get.
J. Schattman/Historic Invader Assoc., Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands, May 19, 2000-2001.
- Registered as OO-INV.
Historic Invader Aviation Corp, Las Vegas, NV, July 9, 2001-2002.
- Registered as N7705C.
- Flown as #58/Hard to Get.































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