B-26B 44-35433 PA ANG

[Paul Krumrei]

[LARGEFLYER]

Paul,

Any idea of where the second picture was taken. The hanger in the background looks like the old Hanger 501 up at Reading, PA.

Just curious.

Greg Witmer

[gilt]

Not RDG, probably PIT.

[mustangdriver]

Yeah that looks like PIT to me.

[Joe Scheil]

Seems like she made it to another war before being scrapped in 1972!

A-26 Invaders

17640 (ex 44-35896) to N267G and N2294B, now at South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB
17641 (ex 44-35322) shot down by AA 12-29-67
17642 (ex 44-35435) MIA 8-27-67 over northern Laos
17643 (ex 44-35392) w/o 7-24-66
17644 (ex 44-35451) to Congo as RF644 in 1964, left in 1-67, later to South Vietnam
17645 (ex 44-35546) to Congo as RF645 in 1964, left in 1-66, later to South Vietnam
17646 (ex 44-35375) to Congo as RF646 in 1964, left 3-67, crashed during strafing run in SEA 7-8-69
17647 (ex 44-35904) to Davis-Monthan 12-72
17648 (ex 43-22732) shot down by AA 4-30-68
17649 (ex 43-22720) to Congo in 1-65 as FR-649, left 10-66, to Davis-Monthan in 11-69, reclaimed 12-72
17650 (ex 44-35766) shot down 6-28-66
17651 (ex 44-34119) to Davis-Monthan in 11-69, now at Seoul Museum, Korea
17652 (ex 44-34361) to South Vietnam
17653 (ex 41-39378) to Davis-Monthan in 11-69, now at Pima County Air Museum, Tucson, AZ
17654 (ex 41-39491) to South Vietnam
17655 (ex 44-34184) to Davis-Monthan 12-72
17656 (ex 44-35847) w/o 12-22-64
17657 (ex 43-22649) sold on commercial market, registered as N62104 and N99218
17658 (ex 44-35865) to Davis-Monthan 12-72
17659 (ex 41-39564) w/o 8-18-65
17660 (ex 44-35608) to Davis-Monthan 11-69, reclaimed 12-72
17661 (ex 44-35433) to Davis-Monthan 11-69, reclaimed 12-72
17662 to Congo in 1-65 as FR-662, returned 2-67, went missing over northern Laos 8-22-67
17663 w/o 4-23-65
17664 (ex 43-22665) to Davis-Monthan, reclaimed 12-72
17665 (ex 44-34145) to Davis-Monthan 11-69, reclaimed 12-72
17666 (ex 44-35483) at Hurlburt Field Museum, FL
17667 (ex 44-35468) shot down by AA 3-23-69
17668 (ex 44-34652) shot down by AA 2-22-67
17669 (ex 44-34606) hit by 17668 when it blew up 2-22-67
17670 (ex 44-35634) to Davis-Monthan 11-69, reclaimed 12-72
17671 (ex 44-35820) now at Florence Space Museum, SC
17672 (ex 44-25251) shot down by AA near Thai-Laos border 12-14-66
17673 (ex 44-34135) crashed 3-11-69
17674 (ex 41-39573) w/o 1-1-69
17675 (ex 44-34173) to Davis-Monthan 11-69
17676 (ex 41-39596) to 1 ACO WG in England and later to Davis-Monthan 11-69, sold on commercial market and registered as N268G, G-GXTF and N22939; now preserved at USAFM, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
17677 to South Vietnam
17678 to Davis-Monthan 11-69, reclaimed 2-73
17679 (ex 44-34198) sold on commercial market, registered as N269G, C-GXTG and N4988N

[slinky]

Yes, these were taken by my good friend John Heyer in 1957 at Pittsberg, I think