Executive Transport

Douglas A/B-26 Invader

Executive/VIP transport

"Gold, wheat and tones of blue, hand-rubbed blond walnut, finished in turquoise with eyebrow type lighting, complemented with cream buttoned leather seating"

The Douglas A-26 Invader originally began life as a private venture on the part of the Douglas plant at El Segundo, California, so at the end of World War Two, it wasn't surprising that surplus Invaders were quickly purchased as high-performance business aircraft with conversions undertaken by On Mark, L.B. Smith Company, Lockheed Air Service (LAS), Rhodes Berry, Rock Island Oil & Refining Co, LeTourneau , World Corp, Grand Central Air Services and Aero Trades Inc., to haul business executives in comparative speed and luxury at an affordable cost.

Companies such as On Mark, took pride in individualizing both the interior and exterior of each conversion, making the aircraft unique for each customer, including the CIA.

These planes had come primarily from a batch of 28 A-26s than had gone directly to surplus as soon as they had left the factory, with in some cases minimal modifications, such as the removal or modification of military features, such as bomb bay doors being sealed shut, passenger entry stairs and larger windows added, and the conversion of the fuselage to accept six to eight passengers, sometimes within a new and highly modified pressurised cabin.

Improvements developed considerably until the early 1960s, when purpose-built executive types started to become available.

..............Enter the Lear jet

My main interest in the A-26 Invader has always been the civilian conversion side of the aircraft and the romance associated with using an ex WWII bomber as an executive transport, so this section is more data and image rich than other sections.

This section is by far the largest and most comprehensive of the site, so I have tried to make access to civilian airframes as easy as possible.

For me, identifying Invaders modified for use as VIP transport aircraft, is the main reason I created this site.

To facilitate the task of locating a certain airframe, I have supplied two search engines, as can be seen below.

Search engine ( 1. ) allows for the location of executive/civil Invaders via their Registration.

Search engine ( 2. ) allows a search of the airframe via their Serial Number, in coordination with search engine ( 1. )

Search engine ( 3. ) is via the Serial numbers in ascending order.

The registrations in search engine ( 1. ) are how they appear on each page.

Alternative registrations and cross referencing, can also be found on the data section against each aircraft.

For history and data on individual Invaders throughout the site, I would like to credit the Warbirds Worldwide Directory by John Chapman, thank you John.

Search Engine ( 1. ) Via Registration

N100Y - 43-22460

N103C - 41-39555

N114RG - 43-22275

N115RG - 44-34134

N122Y - 44-35240

N1242 - 44-34777

N126HK - 44-35788

N142ER - 41-39215

N202R - 44-35601

N237Y - 41-39516

N240P - 41-39427

N500MR - 44-34769

N507WB - 44-35495

N5052NM - 44-35994

N5510V - 41-39262

N5530V - 44-35708

N5588A - 44-35759

N5589A - 41-39303

N5636V - 44-35596

N600D - 44-34738

N600WB - 44-35617

N6101C - 44-34624

N(L)65779 - 44-34763

N91281 - 41-39359

N9163Z - 44-34659

N9174Z - 44-34523

N9400Z - 44-35905

N9403Z - 44-35810

N9405Z - 41-39553

N9421Z - 44-35224

N9432Z - 41-39486

N94445 - 43-22258

N9682C - 41-39230

N99426 - 44-35870

N9990Z - 43-22602

Civil Serial No's - Page 1

41-39161 - N1470V, N317V, N317W, N26RP

41-39163 - N2022A, N2DM, N2DD, N61B, N161Q

41-39190 - N9404Z

41-39215 - N5292V, N5294V, N4000M, N200M, N142ER

41-39221 - N9636C, N3035S, N256H , N25GT

41-39230 - N9682C

41-39262 - N5510V

41-39298 - N74830

41-39303 - N5589A

41-39319 - N2876G

41-39359 - N91281, CF-BMR, C-FBMR, N26BP

41-39398 - N91317, CF-DFC

Civil Serial No's - Page 4

43-22559 - N91359

43-22602 - N9990Z

43-22612 - N3710G

43-22652 - N8018E, C-GHCE

43-22653 - N9402Z, C-GPTW

43-22660 - N3711G, CF-EFX, C-FEZX

43-22673 - N9159Z, C-GHLM

Civil Serial No's - Page 7

44-35358 - N7774C

44-35365 - N91353

44-35371 - N4818E

44-35385 - N91352
44-35425 - N3427G

44-35439 - N74833
44-35440 - N6838D, CF-MSB, C-FMSB

44-35444 - N7656C, CF-TFB, C-FTFB

44-35456 - N330WC, CF-AGO, C-FAGO

44-35493 - N2852G, N576JB
44-35495 - N2076A, N501NN, N507WB

44-35497 - N3426G, C-FOVC

44-35505 - N4815E

44-35523 - N3428G

44-35524 - N9401Z, CF-CUI, C-FCUI

44-35552 - N5544V
44-35562 - N707TG, N7079S, N9176Z, N7079G

44-35581 - N3485G, C-GWJG

44-35590 - N3248G
44-35596 - N5636V

44-35601 - N202R

44-34607 - N8395H, CF-FBV

44-35615 - CF-HPF

44-35617 - N7660C, N600WB

44-35622 - N9658C, D-BELE, D-CELE

44-35640 - N4204A

44-35643 - N6841D, C-GCES, N8015H, N226RW, N626SH

44-35661 - N9996Z, CF-CBK, C-FCBK

44-35681 - N60Y, N160Y, N168Y, CF-VPR

44-35696 - N8036E

N256H - 41-39221

N26AB - 44-34526

N26BK - 44-34766

N26WB - 44-34713

N2852G - 44-35493

N2876G - 41-39319

N300V - 44-34616

N303WC - 44-35913

N3157G - 44-34603

N317W - 41-39161

N330WC - 44-35456

N3328G - 44-35898

N3485G - 44-35581

N3710G - 43-22612

NX37482 - 44-35956

N67148 - 44-35950

NL67157 - 44-34756

N67160 - 44- 34765

N67163 - 44-34774

N67164 - 44-35948

N67814 - 44-34770

NX67834 - 44-34759

N67839 - 44-34755

N67907 - 44-34757

N67908 - 44-34758

N67943 - 44-34778

N6836D - 44-34390

N6838D - 44-35440

N6839D - 44-34538

N6840D - 44-35911

N6841D - 44-35643

N6843D - 43-22374

Search Engine ( 2. ) Via Serial number as per the

above search engine

The S/No's highlighted in RED are Invaders that have served as Air Tankers.

Civil Serial No's - Page 2

41-39401 - N3457G, N39401
41-39427 - N75Y, N240P

41-39437 - N7938A, N117RG

41-39468 - N91354

41-39486 - N9432Z, N90711

41-39497 - N71Y

41-39516 - N237Y

41-39553 - N9405Z

41-39555 - N103C

41-39596 - N268G, C-GXTF, N29939

Civil Serial No's - Page 5

44-34102 - N4060A

44-34104 - N9484Z, N99420

44-34121 - N4805E, C-GHZM

44-34127 - N4214A

44-34134 - N4974N, N115RG

44-34136 - N8017E, CF-KBM, C-FKBM

44-34146 - N5426E
44-34156 - XB-COM, XC-CAZ, N190M

44-34198 - N269G, C-GXTG, N4988N

44-34313 - N5457V, C-GHLK, N119DR

44-34344 - N91356

44-34390 - N6836D

44-34415 - N60042, N60043, N5002X, N46598, N900V

44-34423 - N9594Z, C-GHLI

44-34508 - N74874
44-34520 - N9420Z, C-GHCF, N94207, N126HP
44-34523 - N9174Z, C-GTOX

44-34524 - N558, N58Y, HK-999E

44-34526 - N9178Z, N827W, N551EH, N400V, CF-OFO

44-34535 - N8020E

44-34538 - N6839D, N34538

44-34550 - N7769C, N355Q, HK-1247W, HK-1247P

44-34567 - N9412Z, ZS-CVD

44-34568 - N202PP, AP-AVV

44-34592 - N8631E, CF-FJG, C-FFJG

44-34602 - N8392H, N167B

44-34603 - N3157G

44-34609 - N4819E

44-34616 - N2890D, N300V

44-34624 - N6101C

44-34653 - N9417H

N400E - 44-34761

N4000K - 44-34762

N4050A - 43-22523

N4204A - 44-35640

N4214A - 44-34127

N437W - 44-35201

N46598 - 44-34415

N4813E - 44-35964

N4815E - 44-35505

N4819E - 44-34609

N4820E - 44-35217

N4852V - 44-34768

N4984N - 44-35952

N7079G - 44-35562

N74830 - 41-39298

N7656C - 44-35444

N7662C - 44-34724

N7684C - 44-35615

N7719C - 43-22392

N7774C - 44-35358

N7824B - 43-35638

N7938A - 41-39437

N7953C - 44-35918

N800W - 44-35725

N8018E - 43-22652

N8394H - 44-35955

N8630E - 44-34669

N8631E - 44-34592

N86479 - 44-34206

N86481 - 43-22499

AP-AVV - 44-34568 - Pakistan

LN-AER - 44-35245 - Norway


				Douglas A/B-26 Invader Executive/VIP transport



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