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    Airframe Family: Douglas A-26/B-26/JD Invader
    Latest Model:B-26C Invader
    Last Military Serial:44-35788 USAF
    Construction Number:29067
    Last Civil Registration:N126HK
    Compressed ID:Douglas B-26C sn 44-35788 USAF cn 2...
    Latest Owner or Location:Stockton Field Aviation Museum / Vintage Aircraft / Taigh Ramey, Stockton Metropolitan Airport, Stockton, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-26C-50-DT by Douglas at Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-35788.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-35788.

    1948

    Redesignated as B-26C.

    6 September 1952

    Involved in an incident.
    Unstated accident at Kahului Airport, Maui, HI.

    From By 1960 to 1975

    To L. B. Smith Aircraft Corp, Miami, FL with new c/r NL8058E.

    19 September 1960

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL8058E (A-26C, 44-35788) issued.

    From 1962 to 1972

    Open storage unconverted, Charlotte, SC.

    From 1977 to 1978

    To John J. Stokes, San Marcos, TX with new c/r N8058E.

    From 1981 to 1982

    To Joe Mabee, Midland, TX keeping c/r N8058E.

    From November 1982 to 2000

    To EAA Aviation Foundation Inc, Oshkosh, WI keeping c/r N8058E.

    31 July 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the EAA Convention, Oshkosh, WI

    From 1987 to 1994

    Restored.
    Restored at Troy, AL, delivered to Oshkosh 1994.

    12 July 2000

    To Courtesy Aircraft Inc, Rockford, IL keeping c/r N8058E.

    19 April 2001

    To A-26 Company Inc, Van Nuys, CA with new c/r N126HK (A-26C, 44-35788).

    19 April 2001

    Based at Van Nuys Airport, Los Angeles, CA.
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    From 2002 to 2004

    Restored.
    All polished metal, glazed nose.

    25 August 2004

    First post-restoration Flight.

    30 May 2014

    To Cactus Air Force Wings and Wheels Museum, Carson City, NV keeping c/r N126HK.
    Markings added: Keck in the Ass, 435788/H

    Based at Cactus Air Force Wings and Wheels Museum, Carson City Airport, Carson City, NV.
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    23 October 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR126HK (A-26C, 44-35788) issued.

    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL126HK (A-26C, 44-35788) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2019

    To A-26 Company Inc, Van Nuys, CA keeping c/r N126HK.

    30 April 2020

    To Cactus Air Force Wings and Wheels Museum, Carson City, NV keeping c/r N126HK.

    19 June 2020


    Photographer: Jim Leslie
    Notes: B-26C photographed at the Cactus Air Force Wings and Wheels Museum, Carson City Airport 19 June 2020.

    19 June 2020


    Photographer: Jim Leslie
    Notes: B-26C photographed at Cactus Air Force Wings and Wheels Museum, Carson City Airport 19 June 2020.

    25 July 2024

    To Stockton Field Aviation Museum, Stockton, CA keeping c/r N126HK.

    Based at Stockton Field Aviation Museum/Vintage Aircraft/Taigh Ramey, Stockton Metropolitan Airport, Stockton, CA.
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    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

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    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

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    Glenn Chatfield
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