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Topic: B26 Invader - A26 Invader?
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Aaron_Turner
Cadet
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posted 04-06- 05:28 AM
   
I see someone in the competition is
doing a B26B Invader. I presume this is the
post-war version of the A26? Can anyone confirm this (there are no email addresses on the competition pages). If I get the hang of all the open plane stuff (still open to question) I might like to back engineer an
A26 to an A20, as it is one of the types that no. 23 Squadron RAF flew (and that is my squadron in Warbirds)Thanks IP: Logged |
Biggles
Pilot
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posted 04-07- 01:58 AM
Correct me if i am wrong, but isn't the B-26 the Martin Marauder?IP: Logged |
Spyder
Pilot
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posted 04-07- 02:47 AM
yeah, and the other is a Douglas A26 Invader. BUT... The B26 designation passed onto the Invader after 1948 So the A26 became a B26 after all but not in the WWII time frame.------------------
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Aaron_Turner
Cadet
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posted 04-07- 05:12 AM
Yes, it is the A26 that became the B26
in 1948 I am thinking of. In the competition
it is descibed as the B26 invader, rather
than Marauder, which makes me wonder if it
is the renamed A26 series, as used in
Korea and Vietnam. It could make a reasonable
basis for reverse engineering the earlier
A20 series, which was broadly similar,
apart from differences in armament, nose,
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bolillo_loco
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posted 04-07- 02:38 PM
The B-26B, which it is correct that this is the post WW-II name of the A-26B, was a WW-II attack aircraft. In fact the A-26B is more of a WW-II aircraft than the F4U-4. The A-26B began operation against the germans in Novmeber of 1944, the F4U-4 began operation against the Japanese in May or June 1945.IP: Logged |
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