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A-26 INVADER/44-34538
A-26 Invader 44-34538

Serial #: 44-34538
Construction #: 27817
Civil Registration:
  N6839D
  N34538
  N26RP
Model(s):
  A-26B Invader
  B-26B Invader
  Consort 26
Name: Feeding Frenzy
Status: Airworthy (2020)
Last info: 2022
History:
Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 44-34538.
Delivered to French AF as 44-34538, January 3, 1951-1955.
  • Based in Indochina.
  • Returned to USAF, October 22, 1955.
  • Open Storage, Clark AFB, Philippines, 1955-1958.
Rock Island Oil & Refining Co., Wichita, KS, 1964
  • Registered as N6839D.
  • Converted to Rock Island Consort 26 configuration, Hutchinson, KS.
Hughes Aircraft Co., Culver City, CA, 1966-1987.
  • Fitted with extended radome nose for missile sensor flight tests.
Gower Lebel Inc., Seattle, WA, 1988-1990.
A & T Productions, Inc., Pacific Palisades, CA, May 1990-1997.
  • Registered as N34538, Sep. 1990.
  • Restored and fitted with A-26C nose.
  • Flew in USAF black scheme.
  • Flew as 434538/BC-538 "Feeding Frenzy"
Ron Kent, Kelowma, BC, March 12, 1997.
Martin Aviation Inc, Santa Ana, CA, April 12, 1999-2004.
  • Flew as black "434538/BC-538/T/Feeding Frenzy
Training Services Inc, Virginia Beach, VA, June 2, 2006.
Gerald Yagen, Virginia Beach, VA, July 12, 2013.
Training Services Inc, Virginia Beach, VA, December 17, 2018-2022.
A-26 Invader 44-34538

A-26 Invader 44-34538

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2020.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Photo Source(s):
Chad Veich.
Michael Brunk
John W Abel Collection

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