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DESCRIPTION: A U.S. Air Force Douglas RB-26C Invader of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing in Korea, ca. July 1951. Original caption: "Sgt. Ben A. Robertson, Henderson, Texas, from his perch astride the propeller of this Fifth Air Force RB-26 light bomber of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, waves a greeting to an anti-aircraft unit on the way to their hill-side positions at an advanced Korean air base. Protecting this airstrip from enemy air attack is the 24 hour duty of this, and other anti-aircraft crews., ca. 07/1951."
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DESCRIPTION; USAF Captain Criffis DeNeen of the 3rd Bomb Wing (Light) in the cockpit of his Douglas B-26 Invader, November 1951. Original caption: "Looking grim and determined, veteran bomber pilot Capt. Criffis DeNeen, 18405 Patton Ave., Detroit, Mich., veteran of 39 combat missions over North Korea prepares for another, ca. 11/1951"
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DESCRIPTION; USAF Captain Frank W. Crobett of the 17th Bomb Wing (Light) climbing out of his Douglas B-26 Invader after his last combat mission, April 1953. Original caption: "FIFTH AIR FORCE, KOREA--Capt. Frank W. Corbett, 726 First Ave., Gadsen, Ala., climbs out of his U.S. Air Force 17th Bomb Wing B-26 "Invader" after his final combat mission over North Korea , ca. 04/1953"
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DESCRIPTION; Title:USAF Douglas B-26 Invaders bombing a target in North Korea, 18 October 1951. Original caption: "U.S. Air Force B-26 (Invader) light bombers release quarter ton demolition bombs in a strike over North Korea. The B-26 has been in action against the North Korean and Chinese Communist forces since the out break of Korean hostilities.
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DESCRIPTION: A USAF Douglas/On Mark A-26K Invader of the 609th Special Operations Squadron starting its engines at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, about 1969.
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DESCRIPTION; U.S. Air Force B-26B/Cs on the flightine of Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, in 1962. The aircraft belonged to the 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron, als part of Operation Farm Gate to bolster the strength of the South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF). In April of 1962, the 4400th CCTS was renamed the 1st Air Commando Group. By April of 1963, "Farm Gate" strength was 12 B-26Bs, 2 RB-26Ls (equipped for night operations) and 13 North American T-28B Trojans. Four more B-26s were received in mid-1963. All B-26s were officially listed as "RB-26" reconnaissance planes. On 8 July 1963 the unit was reformed as the 1st Air Commando Squadron (Composite) of the VNAF 34th Tactical Group, and the U.S. insignia was overpainted by the VNAF insignia. After two crashes because of structural failures in August 1963 and February 1964 all B-26s were grounded and mostly scrapped at Clark Air Base, Phillipines, in 1964.
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DESCRIPTION; A USAF Douglas/On Mark A-26K Invader of the 609th Special Operations Squadron near Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, sometime between 1967 and 1969. The A-26K (B-26K) 64-17645 (ex A-26C 44-35546) had been in Chilenean service in the 1950s. It was rebuilt by On Mark as a B-26K and used by the CIA in the Congo from 1964 to December 1966 as RF645 and later FR-645. It arrived in South-East Asia in August 1967 and was turned over from the USAF to the South Vietnamese Air Force on 10 November 1969. It was blown up at Nha Trang in March 1975 to prevent it from falling in North Vietnamese hands.
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