A26 in New Jersey circa 1967-68

Jiggersfromsphilly · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:15 pm **Posts:** 951

Does anybody have any info or pictures of an A-26 that was stranded at the Ocean City NJ Airport in the late 60s? It was there for several years along with a T-33. The Invader was painted in Korean era style overall black with Red trim.

John Kerr · **Posted:** Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:02 pm

I have this aircraft as A-26C, 44-35952, Ex Virginia Air National Guard. Civil Regristration as N1S. Trying to send photo taken in 1959 or 1960 of it but having a little trouble.[/img]

Eric Friedebach · **Posted:** Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:03 pm

John sent these to me this afternoon, and I am posting them for him. He also wanted me to include this note:

Quote:

I didn't take either photo. One at OC, NJ by a David Laubaugh and other in WI by Vince Reyonolds.

A-26C N1S 44-35952

A-26C N4948N 44-35952

EDIT: John also sent along this "cleaned up" version of the second picture. Glad to help!

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:16 am

Does anyone know/remember the A-26 that was stranded in San Antonio, Texas in the late 60's @ the airport on the north side, KSAT? It had a engine fire and damaged the wing spar I heard. I think it had the Onmark convert. Did it make it or is it part of somebody's frying pan?

Thanks,

Lynn

T J Johansen · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:34 am

Lynn Allen wrote:

Does anyone know/remember the A-26 that was stranded in San Antonio, Texas in the late 60's @ the airport on the north side, KSAT? It had a engine fire and damaged the wing spar I heard. I think it had the Onmark convert. Did it make it or is it part of somebody's frying pan?

Thanks,

Lynn

Would quite likely be this one!
N507WB
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/registry/a26registry/a26-4435495.html
NTSB report
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=72509&key=0

You wouldn't by any chance have a photo of the plane? I was hoping to get some info from Milt Stollak about the A-26s he rebuilt in the 70s, but unfortunately he was the pilot on the tanker PB-4Y which crashed in Colorado back in 2002. There was an article about Stollak and the restoration of warbirds in Air Classics. Would anyone have this article? Would probarbly be from mid-late 70s!

T J

Eric Friedebach · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:57 pm

John sent me another photo to post.

Quote:

Well here is a shot of the bird, taken by Lee Bracken, at San Antonio, Airport, 1972.

A-26C N507WB 44-35495 SAT 1972

Jiggersfromsphilly · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:15 pm **Posts:** 951

Does anybody have any intel on the fate of the San Antonio plane?

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

Jiggersfromsphilly wrote:

Does anybody have any intel on the fate of the San Antonio plane?

Sadly it is one of many A-26s and Lockheed Twins that Warbird Directory 4 presumes crashed/abandoned during drug ops.

DiggerWW2 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:56 pm

Interesting, I actually have some amazingly clear 8mm Home Movie Film of My older brothers playing around that A-26 at the Ocean City Airport during the early 1960's. My brother Craig is now a pilot & owns a condo just a stone's throw from the airport...

Anyone remember that neat little Hobby Shop on the Ocean City Boardwalk during the early 70's?? It was right next to the Miniature Golf place. Ha! Ha! That place was so cool... It had an awesome HO Scale WW2 diorama in the front window. A WW2 village under heavy attack, with a P-51 strafing it. Wish I had a picture of it. That was My favorite store!! The Hobby Shop also had a glass display case inside full of WW2 artifacts like a German Potato Masher. It had a red warhead so it must have been a practice grenade.
Ah the memories... :lol:

Digger

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

T J Johansen wrote:

Lynn Allen wrote:

Does anyone know/remember the A-26 that was stranded in San Antonio, Texas in the late 60's @ the airport on the north side, KSAT? It had a engine fire and damaged the wing spar I heard. I think it had the Onmark convert. Did it make it or is it part of somebody's frying pan?

Thanks,

Lynn

Would quite likely be this one!
N507WB

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a26registry/a26-4435495.html

Jiggersfromsphilly · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:15 pm **Posts:** 951

DiggerWW2 wrote:

Interesting, I actually have some amazingly clear 8mm Home Movie Film of My older brothers playing around that A-26 at the Ocean City Airport during the early 1960's. My brother Craig is now a pilot & owns a condo just a stone's throw from the airport...

Anyone remember that neat little Hobby Shop on the Ocean City Boardwalk during the early 70's?? It was right next to the Miniature Golf place. Ha! Ha! That place was so cool... It had an awesome HO Scale WW2 diorama in the front window. A WW2 village under heavy attack, with a P-51 strafing it. Wish I had a picture of it. That was My favorite store!! The Hobby Shop also had a glass display case inside full of WW2 artifacts like a German Potato Masher. It had a red warhead so it must have been a practice grenade.
Ah the memories... :lol:

Digger

I walked by the former Hobby shop on the Boardwalk in Ocean City this weekend. It is a sunglass store now!

ALAS!!!

The minnie golf course is still there. Copper Kettle Fudge is gone though.

Obergrafeter · **Posted:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:00 pm

Was this the one that had a gear collapse with HB Zacharys' wife on board?

T J Johansen · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:44 am

Obergrafeter wrote:

Was this the one that had a gear collapse with HB Zacharys' wife on board?

I imagine that would be N500MR.
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a26regis ... 34769.html

Here is the report.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=74580&key=0

T J

Jiggersfromsphilly · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:15 pm **Posts:** 951

Sunglass store is still there !

Jiggersfromsphilly · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:15 pm **Posts:** 951

Bumped for senility purposes !

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