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... or Walrus-vader or pregnant-vader or ... lol. Any idea what the actual color scheme may have been. I'm think baby blue on white.

Info & photo credit in link below,
http://napoleon130.tripod.com/id156.html

Serial #: 41-39262
Construction #:
Civil Registration: N5510V,

PI-C877 Philippines

Model(s): A-26C
Rhodes Berry Silver 60
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: Crashed and destoyed 29th March 65, possibly running the philippenes registration

History: Rhodes Berry Co, Los Angeles CA. Silver Sixty 1960, Conversion of Douglas B-26B. Two 2000hp P&W R-2800-79

Span: 70'0"

Length: 51'3"

Load: 14,500# v: 405/325/95

Range: 1200

Prototype: 6/25/60 [N5510V].

The plane was uniquely fitted with a rear opening cargo ramp

Possibly the ugliest of all Invader conversions, the Rhodes Berry Silver 60 was built at Whiteman Airpark in the San Fernando Valley of southern California during the late 1950s. The fuselage was completely re-designed resulting in a swollen unit that could accommodate up to 16 passengers. Because of the deeper fuselage, the nose gear could now retract straight back without first swiveling as on stock Invaders. The first and probably the only Silver 60 flew on 25 June 1960.

It is thought another example was built but information relating to this aircraft cannot be found.

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Ugliest? Oh my no. I've seen much worse. This is actually kind of appealing in its way. It looks like the love child of an Invader and an early Aero Commander (or maybe a Ventura or Harpoon). Thanks for posting these!

Agreed. The pressurized conversion that was pictured here recently was worse, IMO.

I think it looks pretty slick. Kinda like an A-20 and A-26 mash-up.

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and in the last two shots, don't know the Mustang yet, but that may be B-25 N10V in the background...

Douglas C-26 Beluga

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Looks more like B-25H 43-4106/N5548N when owned by Bendix? Scroll down a bit at this link:
http://www.bfec.us/bfecpho14b.htm

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