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Jack Cook
 Post subject: A-26 Firebomber ID??
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Jack, I think that is a picture of Tanker ID #A20. I'll have to check my files on it...............

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Gee whiz, what gave you that idea? :)


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Jack, I think that is a picture of Tanker ID #A20. I'll have to check my files on it...............

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P51Mstg wrote:
Jack, I think that is a picture of Tanker ID #A20. I'll have to check my files on it...............

famvburg wrote:
Gee whiz, what gave you that idea? :)


:lol::lol::lol: Sorry, I couldn't help it...
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This one maybe?
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a26regis ... 34313.html
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This one maybe?
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a26regis ... 34313.html


Not sure if it's still kept there, but last I knew it was at Gilespie Field in El Cajon, CA.
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Yup taken in Redmond around 1968 by my dad.

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They can't fool me...that's an A-26, not an A-20! :roll:

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I fell for it too, Jack was testing us, an A-26 with A-20 painted on it. Very slick.........................

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Jack,

There were two A-26s across the Field at Salem in 1965-66. One was all black. Any photos or identifications of those? Somewhere I have a small (126 camera) color negative of them taken from a distance.
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If that one is David's then it is still at Gillespie Field. I did some paint work on it a couple years back. He is not flying it these days. Last I heard is that one of the engines is locked up. They moved it across the field and parked it at the San Diego Aero and Space Museum.

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T J Johansen
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L. Thompson wrote:
Jack,

There were two A-26s across the Field at Salem in 1965-66. One was all black. Any photos or identifications of those? Somewhere I have a small (126 camera) color negative of them taken from a distance.


Would this be one of them?

From Ron's archive.
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Holly Fletcher bought both those A-26s and Jim Byers flew them up to Troutdale when they were really worked over. Both are still around.

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