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This bird landed with the gear up at NKP in 1968. I was one of 4 Sgts that worked round the clock for 3 months to get her put back together and she made a great test flight and was put back to work. I would like to know if anyone knows what ever happened to this aircraft. I would like to see her again. Thanks

I forgot to add the tail number, it was 660. thanks

Photos or an ID# ??

Steve

We're good but not THAT good. The crystal ball I got in A&P school has been consulted so many times over the years it's the size of a frosted marble

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

If it was an Invader operating out of NKP, The Nimrods will know something about it:

http://www.a-26legacy.org/

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Dean Hemphill, K5DH
Port Charlotte, Florida

Sorry, must have been a senior moment. It was 660

Your ship's full s/n was 64-17660. She made it back to the USA, was placed in storage, and later parted out. From the Nimrods web site, here is the fate of all Counter 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

By the way, 64-17679 is now owned by Greatest Generation Aircraft and being restored to flying condition at Vintage Flying Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. She is known to the warbird community as "Special K".

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Dean Hemphill, K5DH
Port Charlotte, Florida

That's sort of what I figured . Welcome to the WIX!!
If you haven't seen it already, the thread for 'Special K' is in the Retroaviation Maintenance Hangar, and they appear to be doing a bang up job on restoration.

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Probably somewhere among these

I like and remember this one from my many trips up the flight line.

The Florence Museum was dismantled many years ago. 17671 was summarily scrapped on site by the good folks from the NMUSAF.

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"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass..."
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

One well-placed mortar round....

I snapped a photo of the Florence A-26 in November 1991.