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A-26 INVADER/44-34198
A-26 Invader 44-34198
Serial #:
  44-34198
  64-17679
Construction #: 27477
Civil Register:
  N269G
  C-GXTG
  N4988N
Model(s):
  A-26B Invader
  B-26K Counter-Invader
  A-26A Counter-Invader
Name: Special Kay
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2021
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-34198, 19??.
  • Rebuilt as B-26K by On Mark, April 15, 1965.
  • Returned to USAF as 64-17679, October 1969-1971.
State Of Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon, GA, 1971-1977.
  • Registered as N269G.
  • Stored unconverted, Macon, GA, 1972-1977.
Air Spray Ltd, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1977.
  • Registered as C-GXTG.
  • Not delivered.
  • Damaged by heavy landing during test flight, Macon, GA, 1977.
Arnie Carnegie, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1978.
  • Purchased damaged aircraft.
Denny Lynch/Lynch Flying Service, Billings, MT, September 25, 1978-2001.
  • Rebuilt, Macon, GA, 1978.
  • Delivered to Billings, MT, 1978.
  • Flew un USAF camoflage as IF 679.
  • Withdrawn from use, Billings, MT, 1979-2001.
Denny Lynch/Lynch Air Tankers, Billings, MT, September 7, 2001-2002.
  • Restored to airworthy.
  • Flown in USAF camoflage as IF 679.
James Reynolds/PGM, Inc, Ft Worth, TX, February 17, 2012-2021.
  • Restored to airworthy.
  • First flight, 2018
  • Flown in USAF scheme as Special Kay.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2020.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Photo Source(s):
Franklin Poole

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