AEROTRANSTORNADOS nº45 - Contributos para a história dos B-26
Invader da FAP...
B-26 Invader
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FAP
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Type
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s/n
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c/n
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Obs
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7101
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B-26B-60/61-DL
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44-34535
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27814
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1965.07.21
– reg. N8020E of Aero Associates Inc, Tucson – cancelled 1971.06.06;
1965.05.28
– ready after refurbishing at Hamilton Aircraft;
1965.06.02
– ferry flight [Tucson – Rochester – Torbay – Canada – Santa Maria - Tancos –
pilot John “Jeff” Hawke;
1965.04.30
– delivery FAP (delivery still in the US?);
1966 - to Esquadrilha “Os Diabos”, BA3 Tancos;
1971.11
– revision/maintenance completed at OGMA;
1973 – to Esquadra 93, BA9 Luanda,
Angola;
1975
– wfu/abandoned Angola;
?
– uncertain transfer to Havana, Cuba, on display as FAR 937;
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7102
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B-26B-55/65-DL
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44-34328
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?
– reg. N9422Z of Aero Associates Inc, Tucson – cancelled …?;
1965.06
– ready after refurbishing at Hamilton Aircraft;
1965.06.23
– overflew White House in Washington – reported to FAA;
1965.06.24
–ferry flight delayed in Portland, Maine, by FAA inspectors;
1965 – delivery FAP;
1966 - to Esquadrilha “Os Diabos”, BA3 Tancos;
1972.01
– revision/maintenance completed at OGMA (retained the plexiglass nose);
1973 – to Esquadra 93, BA9 Luanda,
Angola;
1975
– wfu/abandoned Angola;
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7103
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B-26C-40-DT
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44-35631
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?
– reg. N91346 of Aero Associates Inc, Tucson – cancelled 1966.02.28;
1965 – delivery FAP;
1966 - to Esquadrilha “Os Diabos”, BA3 Tancos;
1971.11
– revision/maintenance completed at OGMA;
1973 – to Esquadra 93, BA9 Luanda,
Angola;
1975
– wfu/abandoned Angola;
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7104
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B-26B-66-DL
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44-34726A
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1964
- to Aeronautic Services Corp, Cheyenne, WY as N3152G;
?
– reg. N3152G of Aero Associates Inc, Tucson – canceled 2013?;
1965.06.30
– A/W date;
?
- ferried as N3152G from Greg Board/Aero Associates, Tucson, AZ after being
refurbished by Hamilton Aircraft;
1965.07 – delivery FAP;
1966 - to Esquadrilha “Os Diabos”, BA3 Tancos;
1967.09.26
– first flight after revision/maintenance at OGMA;
1971.04
– operational flight testing in Guiné;
1971
– wfu due to corrosion;
1973.03
– wfu/scrapped;
? –Museu do Ar collection – open storage
DGMFA/Alverca f/n ? l/n 2013? To Alcochete (storage);
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7105
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B-26B-20-DT
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43-22427
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?
– reg. N91350 of Hamilton Aircraft Co. Inc. – canceled 1971.01.12;
1965.08.06 – arr./delivery FAP;
1966 - to Esquadrilha “Os Diabos”, BA3 Tancos;
1971.11
– revision/maintenance completed at OGMA;
1975
– wfu/abandoned Angola;
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7106
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B-26B-40-DL
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41-39517AF
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1965.07.22
– reg. N91349 of Aero Associates Inc, Tucson – canceled 2013.01.23;
1965.08.03
– A/W date;
1965 – delivery FAP;
1966 - to Esquadrilha “Os Diabos”, BA3 Tancos;
1969.07.28
– first flight after revision/maintenance at OGMA;
1971.04
– operational flight testing in Guiné;
1973 – to Esquadra 93, BA9 Luanda,
Angola;
1975
– wfu/abandoned Angola;
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7107
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B-26C-35-DT
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44-35363
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1965.07.22
– reg. N91347 of Aero Associates Inc, Tucson – canceled 2013.01.23;
1965.08.09
– A/W date;
01965 – delivery FAP;
1966 - to Esquadrilha “Os Diabos”, BA3 Tancos;
1970.09
– first flight after revision/maintenance at OGMA;
1971.04
– operational flight testing in Guiné;
1971.04.30
– landing gear collapsed on landing in Sal, Cabo Verde;
1973 – to Esquadra 93, BA9 Luanda,
Angola;
1975
– wfu/abandoned Angola;
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Sources:
Os Aviões da Cruz de Cristo, by Eng. Mário Canongia Lopes,
Dinalivro, Lisboa, 2000
Aeronaves Militares Portuguesas do Sec. XX, by Maj. Adelino
Cardoso, Essencial, 2000
John M
Andrade “Spanish and Portuguese Military Aviation”, Midland Counties, Leics,
1977
Warbirds,
Journal 34
B-26B/B-26C
by Nuno Silva
‘Portugal’s
Fighting Thunderjets’, Air Enthusiast no.31, July-November 1986
‘Latin Harpoons: the Lockheed PV-2 in
Brazilian and Portuguese Service’, Air Enthusiast no.40, Sept-Dec 1989
