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AEROTRANSTORNADOS nº45 Contributos para a história dos B-26 Invader da FAP...








AEROTRANSTORNADOS nº45  - Contributos para a história dos B-26 Invader da FAP...

B-26 Invader
 
FAP
Type
s/n
c/n
Obs
7101
B-26B-60/61-DL

44-34535
27814
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;
7102
B-26B-55/65-DL
44-34328

? – 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;
7103
B-26C-40-DT
44-35631

? – 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;
7104
B-26B-66-DL
44-34726A

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);
7105
B-26B-20-DT
43-22427

? – 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;
7106
B-26B-40-DL
41-39517AF

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;
7107
B-26C-35-DT
44-35363

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;






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




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