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{{Infobox Aircraft
|name=A-26 Invader
|image=Image:B-26.jpg
|caption=USAAF A-26B-35-DL
|type=Light bomber
|manufacturer=[[Douglas Aircraft Company]]
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|first flight=[[10 July]] [[1942 in aviation|1942]]
|introduced=
|retired=[[1972 in aviation|1972]]
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|primary user= [[United States Army Air Forces]]
|more users= [[United States Air Force]] <br>[[United States Navy]] <br>[[French Air Force]]
|produced=
|number built= 2452<ref>Winchester 2004, p.74.</ref>
|unit cost=US$242,595<ref name="knaack">Knaack, Marcelle Size. ''Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems: Volume 1 Post-World War II Fighters 1945-1973''. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, 1978. ISBN 0-912799-59-5.</ref>
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|variants with their own articles = [[On Mark Marksman|On Mark Executive, Marketeer, and Marksman]]
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The '''Douglas A-26 Invader''' ('''B-26''' between 1948-1965) was a [[United States]] twin-engined light [[attack aircraft|attack]] [[bomber]] built by the [[Douglas Aircraft]] Co. during [[World War II]] that also saw service during several of the [[Cold War]]'s major conflicts. A limited number of highly modified aircraft served in combat until [[1969 in aviation|1969]]. The last A-26 was retired from military service in 1972 by the [[National Guard]] Bureau and donated to the [[National Air and Space Museum]].
==Design and development==
The A-26 was an unusual design for an attack bomber of the early 1940s period, as it was designed as a single-pilot aircraft (sharing this characteristic with the [[Royal Air Force|RAF's]] [[de Havilland Mosquito]], among others). The aircraft was designed by [[Edward Heinemann]], Robert Donovan and [[Ted R. Smith]]<ref name='Francillon 1979'>Francillon 1979</ref>
The Douglas XA-26 [[prototype]] (41-19504) first flew on [[10 July]] [[1942]] at Mines Field, [[El Segundo]], with test pilot [[Ben Howard (aviator)|Benny Howard]] at the controls. Flight tests revealed excellent performance and handling, but there were problems with engine cooling which led to [[cowling]] changes and omission of the [[propeller]] spinners on production aircraft, plus modification of the nose landing gear after repeated collapses during testing.<ref>Mesko 1980, p. 5.</ref>
[[Image:01097628 033.jpg|right|thumb|A-26B in flight.]]
[[Image:A-26B Invader.jpg|thumb|right|A-26B in flight]]
The A-26 was originally built in two different configurations. The '''A-26B''' had a "solid" nose, which normally housed six (or later eight) [[M2 Browning machine gun|.50 caliber machine guns]], officially termed the "all-purpose nose", later commonly known as the "six-gun nose" or "eight-gun nose". The '''A-26C'''’s "glass" nose, officially termed the "Bombardier nose", contained a [[Norden bombsight]] for medium altitude precision bombing. The A-26C nose section included two fixed M-2 guns, later replaced physically and functionally by underwing gun packs or internal guns in the wings.
After about 1,570 production aircraft, three guns were installed in each wing, coinciding with the introduction of the "eight-gun nose" for A-26Bs, giving some configurations as many as 14 [[.50 caliber]] machine guns in a fixed forward mount. An A-26C nose section could be exchanged for an A-26B nose section, or vice versa, in a few man-hours, thus physically (and officially) changing the designation and operational role. The "flat-topped" [[Aircraft canopy|canopy]] was changed in late 1944 after about 820 production aircraft, to a clamshell style with greatly improved visibility.<ref>Winchester 2004, p. 75.</ref><ref name='Thompson 2002'>Thompson 2002</ref>
Alongside the pilot in an A-26B, a crew member typically served as [[navigator]] and gun loader for the pilot-operated nose guns. In an A-26C, that crew member served as [[navigator]] and [[bombardier]], and relocated to the nose section for the bombing phase of an operation. A small number of A-26Cs was fitted with dual flight controls, some parts of which could be disabled in flight to allow limited access to the nose section. A tractor-style "jump seat" was located behind the "navigator's seat." In most missions, a third crew member in the rear gunner's compartment operated the remotely-controlled dorsal and ventral gun turrets, with access to and from the cockpit only possible via the bomb bay when that was empty.<ref name='Johnsen 1999'>Johnsen 1999</ref>
==Operational history==
===World War II===
[[Image:00910460 179.jpg|thumb|right|Douglas A-26B]]
The Douglas company began delivering the production model A-26B in August 1943. Invaders first saw action with the [[Fifth Air Force]] in the [[South West Pacific theatre of World War II|Southwest Pacific theater]] on [[23 June]] [[1944]], when they bombed [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]]-held islands near [[Manokwari]].<ref> [http://www.kensmen.com/jun44.html 1999 kensmen.com, "June 1944"] (43rd Bomb Group Association website) Retrived: [[2 August]] [[2007]].</ref>
They began arriving in Europe in September 1944 for assignment to the [[Ninth Air Force]], and entered combat two months later on [[19 November]].
===Postwar era===
The [[USAF]] [[Strategic Air Command]] had the B-26 (''RB-26'') in service from 1949 through 1950. The US Navy also used a small number of these aircraft in their utility squadrons for target towing and general utility use. The Navy designation was ''JD-1'' and ''JD-1D'' until 1962, when the JD-1 was redesignated ''UB-26J'' and the JD-1D was redesignated ''DB-26J''.
===Korean War===
Invaders carried out the first USAF bombing mission of the [[Korean War]] on [[29 June]] [[1950]] when they bombed an airfield outside of [[Pyongyang]]. Invaders were credited with the destruction of 38,500 vehicles, 406 locomotives, 3,700 railway trucks, and seven enemy aircraft on the ground. On [[14 September]] [[1951]], Captain John S. Walmsley Jr attacked a supply train. When his guns jammed he illuminated the target with his searchlight to enable his wingmen to destroy the train. Walmsley was shot down and posthumously awarded the [[Medal of Honor]]. Invaders carried out the last USAF bombing mission of the war 24 minutes before the cease fire was signed on [[27 June]] [[1953]].<ref>[http://www.military.cz/usa/air/war/bomber/a26/a26_en.htm Military.CZ A-26]</ref>
===First Indochina War===
[[Image:Rb 26c 44 35599 117trw toul jan53.jpg|thumb|right|RB-26C (44-35599) 117th TRW in a temporary nose "hangar" at [[Toul]] Air Base, France, January 1953]]
In the 1950s, the [[Armée de l'Air|French Airforce]]'s Bombing Groups (''{{lang|fr|Groupe de Bombardement}}'') including GB 1/19 [[Gascogne]] and GB 1/25 [[Tunisia]] used USAF-lent B-26 during the [[First Indochina War]].
[[Cat Bi Airport|Cat Bi]] ([[Haiphong]]) based Douglas B-26 Invaders operated over [[Dien Bien Phu]] in March and April 1954 during the [[Battle of Dien Bien Phu|siege of Dien Bien Phu]]. In this period a massive use of [[Philippines]] based USAF B-26s against the [[Viet Minh]] heavy artillery was planned by the U.S. and French [[Joint Chief of Staff]] as for [[Operation Vulture]], but it was eventually cancelled by the respective governments.
===Service with the USAF in Southeast Asia===
The first B-26s to arrive in Southeast Asia were deployed to [[Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base|Takhli RTAB]], [[Thailand]] in December 1960. These unmarked aircraft, operated under the auspices of the U.S. [[Central Intelligence Agency]], were soon augmented by an additional 16 aircraft, 12 B-26Bs and Cs and 4 RB-26Cs under Operation '''Mill Pond'''. The mission of all of these aircraft was to assist the [[Royal Lao Government]] in fighting the [[Pathet Lao]]. The repercussions from the [[Bay of Pigs invasion]] meant that no combat missions are known to have been flown, though RB-26Cs operated over Laos until the end of 1961. The aircraft were subsequently operated in South Vietnam under Project '''[[Farm Gate]]'''.<ref>Troung, Albert Grandolini and Tom Cooper. [http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_347.shtml Laos, 1948-1989; Part 1, [[13 November]] [[2003]].] Retrieved: [[6 November]] [[2007]].</ref> The only other deployment of B-26 aircraft to Laos prior to the introduction of the B-26K/A-26A, was the deployment of two RB-26C aircraft, specifically modified for night reconnaissance, deployed to Laos between May and July 1962 under Project '''Black Watch'''. These aircraft, initially drawn from Farm Gate stocks, were returned upon the end of these missions.<ref name= "Smith p. 7">Smith 1966, p. 7.</ref>
The aircraft from Laos participated in the early phase of the [[Vietnam War]] with the U.S. Air Force, but with Vietnamese markings as part of Project Farm Gate. Though Farm Gate operated B-26B, C, and actual RB-26C, many of these aircraft were in fact operated under the designation RB-26C, though they were used in a combat capacity.<ref>Smith 1966. p. 6.</ref> During 1963, two RB-26C were sent to [[Clark Air Base|Clark AB]] in the [[Philippines]] for modifications, though not with night systems as with those modified for Black Watch. The two aircraft returned from Black Watch to Farm gate were subsequently given the designation RB-26L to distinguish them from other modified RB-26C, and were assigned to Project '''Sweet Sue'''.<ref name= "Smith p. 7"/> Farm Gate's B-26s operated alongside the other primary strike aircraft of the time, the [[T-28 Trojan]], before both aircraft types were replaced by the [[A-1 Skyraider]].<ref>Mesko 1987, pp. 26–28.</ref> The B-26s were withdrawn from service in 1964 after two accidents related to wing spar fatigue.
In response to this, the [[On Mark Engineering]] Company of [[Van Nuys, California]] was selected by the Air Force to extensively upgrade the Invader for a [[counterinsurgency]] role. The first production flight of the B-26K was on May 30, 1964 at the [[Van Nuys Airport]]. On Mark converted 40 Invaders to the new '''B-26K Counter-Invader''' standard, which included upgraded engines, propellers, and brakes, re-manufactured wings, and wing tip fuel tanks, for use by the [[1st Air Commando Group]]. In May 1966, the B-26K was re-designated '''A-26A''' for political reasons and deployed in Thailand to help disrupt supplies moving along the [[Ho Chi Minh trail]]. Two of these aircraft were further modified with a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR system) under project '''Lonesome Tiger''', as a part of [[Operation Shed Light#Sensors|Operation Shed Light]].<ref>''Volume I Operation Shed Light Study Report'', 1966. pp. 1C-55, 59.</ref>
===Bay of Pigs Invasion===
In April 1961, B-26s provided from U.S. military stocks were flown by Cuban exiles during the failed [[Bay of Pigs invasion]]. <ref>Prados, John. ''President's Secret Wars''. New York: William Morrow, 1986. ISBN 0-688-05384-X.</ref>
===Africa in the 1960s===
[[CIA]] mercenary pilots that may have been the same Cuban exiles flew them against "Simba" rebels in the [[Congo Crisis]] who were supported by Cubans, the Communist Chinese and the Soviets.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} The first production B-26K Counter-Invaders were delivered to [[Eglin Air Force Base]] for use by the [[CIA]] in the [[Congo Crisis]].
The [[Portuguese Air Force]] acquired Invaders for use in [[Angola]].
[[Biafra]] used two provisionally armed B-26s in combat during [[Nigerian Civil War]] in 1967, flown among others by [[Jan Zumbach]].
==Civil operations==
Due to its high speed capabilities, a number of conversions into corporate/executive aircraft were carried out by up to 10 civilian firms, including [[On Mark Engineering]] with its products named [[Marketeer]] and [[Marksman]]. The A-26 was also further converted into a fire-fighting aircraft with a small number of aircraft still toiling as "borate bombers."
[[Image:B-26 water bomber.JPG|thumb|right|A Conair 322 (A-26 water bomber conversion) at the BC Aviation Museum, Sidney, BC]]
==Variants==
[[Image:B-26-korea.gif|thumb|right|Douglas A-26B over Korea, February 1951]]
The large majority of the A-26/B-26 Invader's production run of 2,452 were early A-26Bs and A-26Cs.
;XA-26
:Serial no. 41-19504 served as the prototype for the series; initially flown with dummy armament
;XA-26A
:Serial no. 41-19505 served as a prototype night fighter with a crew of two - pilot plus radar-operator/gunner
;XA-26B
:Serial no. 41-19588 was a prototype "solid-nosed" attack variant with crew of three: pilot, gun loader/navigator (in front cockpit) plus gunner in rear.
;A-26B
:Attack bomber. Production totals: 1,355 A-26Bs were built and delivered, 205 at [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] (A-26B-5-DT to A-26B-25-DT) plus 1,150 at [[Long Beach, California]] (A-26B-1-DL to A-26B-66-DL). About 24 more airframes were built at Long Beach but not delivered to USAAF, some of those later sold to other civil and military customers. A-26B was redesignated '''B-26B''' with USAF in 1948.<ref> Baugher, Joe. [http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/a26_3.html "A-26B Invader."] USAAC/USAAF/USAF Bomber Aircraft. Retrieved: [[29 June]] [[2008]].</ref>
;TB-26B
:Unarmed variant converted from B-26B for training purposes.
;VB-26B
:Unarmed variant converted from B-26B for administrative purposes.
;A-26C
:Attack bomber. Production totals: 1,091 A-26Cs were built and delivered, five at [[Long Beach, California]] (A-26C-1-DL and A-26C-2-DL) plus 1,086 at [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] (A-26C-16-DT to A-26B-55-DT). About 53 more airframes were built at Tulsa but not delivered to USAAF, some of those later sold to other civil and military customers. A-26C was redesignated '''B-26C''' with USAF in 1948.<ref> Baugher, Joe. [http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/a26_4.html "A-26C Invader."] USAAC/USAAF/USAF Bomber Aircraft. Retrieved: [[29 June]] [[2008]].</ref>
;RB-26C
:Unarmed photo reconnaissance variant converted from B-26C; it carried cameras and flash flares for night photography. Designated '''FA-26C''' prior to 1962.
;TB-26C
:Unarmed variant converted from B-26C for training purposes.
;XA-26D
:Serial no. 44-34776 prototype for the proposed A-26D attack bomber with uprated Chevrolet manufactured R-2800-83 engines, and late model A-26B armament of eight 0.50-inch machine guns in solid nose and six 0.50-inch guns in the wing<ref name= "Mesko p. 18">Mesko 1997, p. 18.</ref>; series of 750 A-26Ds was cancelled after V-J Day.
;XA-26E
:Serial no. 44-25563 prototype for the A-26E attack bomber. As with the XA-26D but with an A-26C-type glass nose; <ref name= "Mesko p. 18"/> a contract for 2,150 A-26E-DTs was cancelled following [[V-J Day]].
;XA-26F
:Serial no. 44-34586 prototype for a high-speed A-26F powered by two 2,100 hp [[R-2800]]-83 engines driving four-bladed propellers with a 1,600 lb.s.t. [[General Electric]] J31 turbojet installed in the rear fuselage. The prototype reached a top speed of 435 mph but the series was cancelled as performance gains were not sufficient.
;A-26Z
:Unofficial designation for a proposed postwar production version of the A-26. It was to have a more powerful version of the [[Pratt & Whitney]] R-2800 radial engine and was to be fitted with such features as a raised pilot's cockpit canopy, an improved cockpit arrangement and wingtip drop tanks. If produced, the unglazed nose version would have been designated '''A-26G''' and the glazed nose version '''A-26H'''. However, in October 1945, the USAAF concluded that there were enough A-26 aircraft to meet postwar needs, consequently, the "A-26Z" version was not produced.
;JD-1
:US Navy version with one A-26B (44-34217) and one A-26C (44-35467) redesignated during World War II, postwar, 150 surplus A-26s for use by land-based utility squadrons as target tugs and later, drone directors (designated '''JD-1D''') and general utility aircraft. In 1962 the JD-1 and JD-1D were redesignated '''UB-26J''' and '''DB-26J''' respectively.
;YB-26K
:On Mark Engineering prototype for refurbished attack bomber; modifications included rebuilt, strengthened wings, enlarged tail assembly, new R-2800-103W engines with reversible propellers/propeller spinners, dual controls, wingtip tanks, newer avionics and increased hardpoint/armament enhancements.[[Image:Douglas B-26K Counter Invader USAF.jpg|right|thumb|B-26K/A-26A Counter Invader.]]
;B-26K
:On Mark Engineering conversions of 40 B-26Bs or TB-26Bs with two B-26Cs and a single JB-26C; changes included fitting of 2,500 hp R-2800-52W engines with no propeller spinners and the six wing guns deleted. During operations in Vietnam, in May 1966, the aircraft were reassigned the old attack designation of '''A-26A'''. <ref>According to a "Wings" ([[Discovery Channel]]) documentary, the B-26 was redesignated the A-26, because [[Thailand]] would not allow bombers to fly from their airfields, but they would allow attack aircraft to do so.</ref> The A-26As were retired in 1969 when they had reached the safe limits of allotted flying time.<ref>http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=301 USAF B-26K Factsheet</ref>
;RB-26L
:Two RB-26Cs (44-34718 and 44-35782) modified for night photography missions.
;B-26N
:Unofficial designation applied to B-26s operated by the L'Armee de l'Air in Algeria as night fighters. These aircraft were modified B-26Cs fitted with AI Mk X radar taken from obsolete [[Gloster Meteor#Variants|Meteor NF 11]] night fighters, two underwing gun packs each with two [[M2 Browning machine gun]]s and [[SNEB]] rocket pods.<ref>Baugher, Joe. [http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/a26_14.html Invader in Service with L'Armee de l'Air]. USAAC/USAAF/USAF Bomber Aircraft, 26 August 2006. Retrieved: [[7 November]] [[2007]].</ref>
==Operators==
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[[Image:DouglasB26c Invader.jpg|thumb|right|Front view of Douglas B-26C (A-26C) '''Invader''']]
[[Image:DouglasA-26CInvader07A.JPG|thumb|right|[[Aerial firefighting]] Douglas '''A-26C Invader''' owned by Air Spray (1967) Ltd at [[Red Deer, Alberta]], 2000]]
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==Survivors==
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==Specifications (A-26B-15-DL Invader) ==
[[Image:A-26panel.jpg|thumb|right|Cockpit of A-26 ''Invader'']]
[[Image:A-26machinegunload.jpg|thumb|right|Re-loading machine guns on an A-26B with a ''six-gun nose'']]
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|crew=3
|length main=50 ft 0 in
|length alt=15.24 m
|span main=70 ft 0 in
|span alt=21.34 m
|height main=18 ft 3 in
|height alt=5.64 m
|area main=540 ft²
|area alt=50 m²
|empty weight main=22,850 lb
|empty weight alt=10,365 kg
|loaded weight main=27,600 lb
|loaded weight alt=12,519 kg
|max takeoff weight main=35,000 lb
|max takeoff weight alt=15,900 kg
|engine (prop)=[[Pratt & Whitney R-2800]]-27 "Double Wasp"
|type of prop=[[radial engine|radials]]
|number of props=2
|power main=2,000 hp
|power alt=1,500 kW
|max speed main=355 mph
|max speed alt=308 knots, 570 km/h
|range main=1,400 mi
|range alt=1,200 nm, 2,300 km
|ceiling main=22,000 ft
|ceiling alt=6,700 m
|climb rate main=1,250 ft/min
|climb rate alt=6.4 m/s
|loading main=51 lb/ft²
|loading alt=250 kg/m²
|power/mass main=0.145 hp/lb
|power/mass alt=108 W/kg
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** 6× [[0.50 BMG|0.50 in]] (12.7 mm) [[M2 Browning machine gun]]s in the nose
** 8× 0.50 in M2 machine guns in four optional underwing pods
** 2× 0.50 in M2 machine guns in remote-controlled dorsal turret
** 2× 0.50 in M2 machine guns in remote-controlled ventral turret
|bombs=6,000 lb (2,700 kg) - 4,000 lb in the bomb bay plus 2,000 lb external on the wings
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==Popular culture==
* Two A-26 fire bombers (No. 57- [http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=9425Z&cmndfind.x=14&cmndfind.y=18 N9425Z] and No. 59 - [http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=4818Z&cmndfind.x=14&cmndfind.y=18 N4818E]) were prominently featured in the 1989 [[Steven Spielberg]] film, ''[[Always (film)|Always]]''.<ref> Farmer, James H. "The Making of Always." ''Air Classics, Volume 26, No. 2, February 1990''.</ref> The flying for the movie was performed by well-known movie pilot Steve Hinton<ref>''Filmography - Steve Hinton''. IMDB [http://imdb.com/name/nm0386027/] Retrieved: [[13 March]] [[2007]].</ref> and Dennis Lynch,<ref> [http://imdb.com/name/nm0528274/ ''Filmography - Dennis Lynch''. IMDB.] Retrieved: [[13 March]] [[2007]].</ref> the owner of the A-26s.
==See also==
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|related=
* [[A-20 Havoc]]
|similar aircraft=
* [[Bristol Brigand]]
* [[Junkers Ju 388]]
|lists=
* [[List of military aircraft of the United States]]
* [[List of attack aircraft]]
* [[List of bomber aircraft]]
|see also=
* [[Water bomber]]
* [[SHORAN]]
}}
==References==
===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
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* Francillon, J.R. "The Douglas Invader Story". ''AirEnthusiast Seven'', July-September 1978. Bromley, Kent, UK: Pilot Press Ltd., 1978.
* Gallemi, Francis. ''A-26B/C Invader (Warbird Profile 1)''. Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada: Aries Publications, 1994.
* Hagedorn, Dan and Leif Hellström. ''Foreign Invaders, the Douglas invader in Foreign Military and US Clandestine service''. Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing, 1994.
* Johnsen, Frederick A. ''Douglas A-26 Invader''. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 1999. ISBN 1-58007-016-7.
* Mesko, Jim. ''A-26 Invader in Action'' (Aircraft Number 37). Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1980. ISBN 0-89747-093-1.
** ''A-26 Invader in Action'' (Aircraft Number 134). Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1993. ISBN 0-89747-296-9.
** ''VNAF, South Vietnamese Air Force 1945-1975''. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1987.
* Mikesh, Robert C. "Flying the Invader: Pilot Notes for the Douglas A-26" ''AirEnthusiast Seven'', July-September 1978. Bromley, Kent, Pilot Press Ltd., 1978.
* Smith, Mark E. ''USAF Reconnaissance in South East Asia (1961-66)''. San Francisco, CA: Headquarters, Pacific Air Force, Department of the Air Force, 1966.
* Thompson, Scott. ''Douglas A-26 and B-26 Invader''. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK: Crowood Press Ltd., 2002. ISBN 1-86126-503-4.
* Thompson, Warren. ''B-26 Invader Units over Korea''. Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-84176-080-3.
* ''Volume I Operation Shed Light Study Report''. Washington, DC: Headquarters, DCS Research and Development, Headquarters, United States Air Force, 1966.
* Winchester, Jim. "Douglas A-26 Invader." ''Aircraft of World War II''. London: Grange Books, 2004. ISBN 1-84013-639-1.
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==External links==
{{Commons|A-26 Invader}}
* [http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3083 National Museum of the USAF: Fact Sheets : Mid-World War II Attack Aircraft]
*[http://www.hill.af.mil/museum/photos/wwii/a26.htm Hill Aerospace Museum: ''Douglas A-26 "Invader" Information'']
*[https://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/PopTopics/B26.htm AirForceHistory: ''B-26 Bomber, Martin or Douglas?'']
*[http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0501/vet.html A Date with Danger, ''Airman'', May 2001]
*[http://www2.hurlburt.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3422 Hurlburt AFB: ''Fact Sheets: A-26 Counter-Invader'']
*[http://www.hurlburt.af.mil/basewide/airpark/a26/index.shtml Hurlbert AFB: ''A-26 Counter-Invader'']
*[http://www.a26ladyliberty.com/ A-26 Lady Liberty - Confederate Air Force]
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