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gary1954
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I don't know if this is a Douglas or Martin B-26 known to be based at Deerfield Park Airport, Phoenix, Arizona in the mid-1960's. Could also be Deer Valley Airport. Didn't find anything in the Warbird Registery. Anyone have any clues?

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Gary,

Probably Deer Valley Airport. I'm not sure if there ever was a Deerfield airport in Az.

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And I think this should be A-26C N9401Z which was a tanker based at Deer Valley during the period. N9401Z was built as A-26C 44-35524, by the way. It later went to Canada as C-FCUI.
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Do any pics exist of this airframe?
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There is one in my B-26 Invader book but I don't have it handy to post right now. But there is at least one view out there.
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Okay, thanks. The Civil registration was on a Government document, and I suppose that during the course of a criminal investigation, that a Civil Registration Number that was close, was about as good as a grenade in a horse shoe game. I believe you are correct in your findings. May go in an edit the piece, ya know add more information as it's gained.

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its cool digging back into the history of our old-vintage aircraft is it not?

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gary1954 wrote:
its cool digging back into the history of our old-vintage aircraft is it not?

And there are still those who think that the civilian history of these a/c post war/ military service is boring/ unimportant...

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Nice photos man, thanks for taking the time

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Is this plane still in service.
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By the way, according to my records it was the 826th A-26 built at the Douglas-Tulsa (DT) plant.

I'll try to remember to look and see if we have any shots of it at the factory.

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Is this plane still in service with airspray.
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