Warbird Information Exchange

The Invader in question is the one that was mounted on a roof top in Oshawa, Ontario, for many years. It then went to an auto restoration guild in Bradford, Ontario. Apparently it has been sold off to a new owner in the U.S.

Does anyone on WIX happen to know where it is now?

TIA

Mike

Model: Douglas A-26B-66-DL Invader
S/N: 44-34659 USAAF
C/N: 27938
History: A-26B-66-DL 44-34659 USAAF, to MASDC (1958/5), N9163Z (1963 to 1974/5/30), to Seaway Marine (1973), to Guild of Automotive Restorers (1999/10)

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can't answer your question, Mike, but here's a link that shows the a/c after being taken down from that roof:

http://www.guildclassiccars.com/Invader.htm

Martin

It cetainly was a sorry looking site wasn't it?

I hope it is getting the attention it needs now.

Mike

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Aviation Enthusiast & Photographer
http://www.AerialVisuals.ca
http://www.facebook.com/AerialVisuals

Do you want to find locations of displayed, stored or active aircraft? Then start with the The Locator.
Do you want to find or contribute to the documented history of an aircraft? If so then start with the Airframes Database.

I was wondering if there was any updates on this A-26B Invader. What progress have they done on this plane? I remember this plane when I used to go the other side of Toronto and seeing it sitting on top of the storage company.

Being restored at Ellsworth was the last I heard of it, but that was a while ago.

i hope it gets the good attention it deserves

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The article accompanying the pictures says '22 gun' airplane? With an 8 gun nose, 6 wing guns and both turrets that would make 18 which would be one whale of a load, so where were the additional 4 guns stashed? In a rack behind the front seat?

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maybe on the sides by the cockpit?

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When I inquired of the Guild of Auto Restorers about the B-26, here's the answer I received:

"We passed it on to a chap from South Dakota where I believe it is currently being restored. All we have now are a Meyers OTW 160 which we do air shows with and a Corbin Super Ace Racer which we restored and flew for about 4 seconds before it required restoring again (which is underway)."

Walt

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