Above is 43-22652 photographed by

Dave Borgens ( Above 5 shots ) and taken at Travis A.F.B. in California.

The camera he used was a Panasonic DMC-TZ3 Lumix, with a Leica 28mm wide angle 10X optical zoom.

 

This invader has an interesting backstory. The A-26 Dave photographed at Travis AFB is not an On Mark B-26K / A-26A Counter Invader as at first glance it appears to be. It was restored for display to represent a Counter Invader as used flying out of NKP in Thailand.

 

The “ TA 652 “ is accurate and appropriate for one used in Thailand, and the base aircraft coincidently has a serial number ending with the same last three numbers ( 652 ) as the On Mark “ K “ conversion.

 

The Travis Invader:

 

A-26C-25-DT    sn  43-22652 / cn  18779    Civil registrations  :    N8018E,  C-GHCE ( Conair Tanker #30 ),  N9402Z

 

 

The original Invader On Mark converted:

 

A-26B-55-DL    sn  44-34361 / cn  27640

On Mark Serial Number  :    64-17652

	Serial #: 43-22652 Construction #: 18799 Civil Registration:   N8018E   C-GHCE Model(s):   A-26C   B-26C   TB-26C Name: None Status: Display Last info: 2002   History: Delivered to USAAf as 43-22652 - Delivered to Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, for storage, Feb. 1958. L.B. Smith Aircraft Corp, Miami, FL. - Registtered as N8018E. Aerojet General Corp/Aerojet Electrosystems, Azusa, CA, 1961-1972. - Used as testbed for military tracking systems. Arthur W. McDonnell, Mojave, CA, Sept. 7, 1973-1974. Conair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC, June 1974-1988. - Registered as C-GHCE. - Flew as tanker #30. - Damaged from gear-up landing, Williams Lake, BC, Aug. 7, 1974. - Repaired to airworthy. USAFM, Travis AFB, CA, July 18, 1988-1991. - Displayed as B-26K/USAF/43-652/TA652.

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