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f4phan · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:42 pm

Hello All .. I am seeking ( purely for personal reference ) any pictures I can find of any On Mark ,Marksmen ect A-26's ...

I believe that alot of them have resided in CA at one time or another ...

Cheers

RJ

k5083 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:15 pm

I have a bunch, but this is the only one near my desk at the moment.

This is 41-39215, then N4000M, photographed at Watsonville CA in 1966. According to WR this is now restored as a JD-1 and displayed at Pensacola. I'm planning a visit there this month and will look forward to updating this picture.

August

f4phan · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:09 pm

August, Thank's for the great pic !! nice looking airframe ...

Roger Cain · **Posted:** Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:05 am

You definitely should have gotten a copy of this one while they were in print. You might be able to find one on ebay or abebooks.com
http://aerovintage.com/invader.htm

Also, take a look through Ron's Archives at: http://www.ronsarchive.com/ He has a bunch of A-26's posted along with a number of them in tanker versions. When you click on any picture, it will take you to dozens of other pictures.

Swiss Mustangs · **Posted:** Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:48 am

RJ

I will post some stuff soonest - got loads to share.

Martin

T J Johansen · **Posted:** Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:14 am

k5083 wrote:

This is 41-39215, then N4000M, photographed at Watsonville CA in 1966. According to WR this is now restored as a JD-1 and displayed at Pensacola. I'm planning a visit there this month and will look forward to updating this picture.

August

Aero Nostalgia of Stockton, CA built two static A-26s for US museums out of three wrecks (N142ER, N190M, N4050A). Just how much was used of N142ER for the Pensacola example is a little uncertain.

T J

f4phan · **Posted:** Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:25 am

Roger -- Thank's for the great link with those oustanding pic's !

Sw Mustang -- Looking foward to seeing the pic's when you get the time ..

TJ Thanks for the info

Thank's again to everyone for the replies !

jreichle · **Posted:** Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:23 pm

Try this link for some more pics:

http://napoleon130.tripod.com/

Joerg

sledge39 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:01 pm **Posts:** 262

....Ontario, Calif......1965....

(from the registry)...N320 is........A-26C...44-35870.....

...On-Mark "Marksman 6"....

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2923

k5083 wrote:

I'm planning a visit there this month and will look forward to updating this picture.
August

It was not on display when I visited P-Cola last spring.
** Word to the wise- sign up for the "back 40" tour as early in the morning as you can, the golf carts fill up fast, and that is the only way to see the aircraft outside. I was fortunate that one of the docents was willing to skip his lunch break to take an extra trip. Also grab one of the back seats on the tram if you want to take half way decent pictures of the tour...**

dj51d · **Posted:** Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:53 pm

Warbirdnerd wrote:

Word to the wise- sign up for the "back 40" tour as early in the morning as you can, the golf carts fill up fast, and that is the only way to see the aircraft outside.

That is very good advice. My Dad and I signed up for the tour within the first hour the museum was open, and we barely made it on the last run of the day.

I'll have to dig around, I know I have some photos of N7079G from before the spar broke.

k5083 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 08, 2006 12:12 pm

Warbirdnerd wrote:

k5083 wrote:

I'm planning a visit there this month and will look forward to updating this picture.
August

It was not on display when I visited P-Cola last spring.
** Word to the wise- sign up for the "back 40" tour as early in the morning as you can, the golf carts fill up fast, and that is the only way to see the aircraft outside. I was fortunate that one of the docents was willing to skip his lunch break to take an extra trip. Also grab one of the back seats on the tram if you want to take half way decent pictures of the tour...**

Thank you for the advice. I will be there around the time it opens, but cannot stay much longer than about 1:00pm, and I surely want to take the tour, so I will sign up and hope for the best. I hope the fact that it will be a Tuesday in late October will make it easier to get an early tram.

P.S. are you saying that visitors are not allowed off the carts to walk around? And if so, should I bring a telephoto zoom?

August

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2923

k5083 wrote:

P.S. are you saying that visitors are not allowed off the carts to walk around? And if so, should I bring a telephoto zoom?
August

As of last spring visitors were not allowed off the tram. Not sure if the telephoto will help, although Tuesday may be a practice day for the Blues so you may want it for that...

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