Warbird Information Exchange

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

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Greg Witmer, V.P. of Operations
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Not RDG, probably PIT.

Yeah that looks like PIT to me.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

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

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

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