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A-26C Invader, 386th BG, 9th AF, 18 inch Model

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Collectors!  Enjoy this beautifully crafted A-26C Invader, 386th BG, 9th AF, 18 inch Model.  It is a great heritage piece that you’ll treasure!

  • 18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Naval Aviator Owned Business
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger

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A-26C Invader, 386th BG, 9th AF, 18 inch Model

 

Collectors!  Enjoy this beautifully crafted A-26C Invader, 386th BG, 9th AF, 18 inch Model.  It is a great heritage piece that you’ll treasure!

  • 18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Naval Aviator Owned Business
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger

 

Douglas needed better results from the Invader’s second combat test, so ferried A-26s arrived in Europe in late September 1944 for assignment to the Ninth Air Force. The initial deployment involved 18 aircraft and crews assigned to the 553d Squadron of the 386th Bomb Group. This unit flew their first mission on 6 September 1944. No aircraft were lost on the eight test missions, and the Ninth Air Force announced they were satisfied, eventually replacing their A-20s and B-26s with the A-26 Invader.

The first group to convert to the A-26B was 416th Bombardment Group. With it, they entered combat on 17 November, and the 409th Bombardment Group, whose A-26s became operational in late November.[16] Due to a shortage of A-26C variants, the groups flew a combined A-20/A-26 unit until deliveries of the glass-nosed version caught up. Besides bombing and strafing, tactical reconnaissance and night interdiction missions were successful. In contrast to the Pacific-based units, the A-26 was well received by pilots and crew alike, and by 1945, the 9th AF had 11,567 missions, dropping 18,054 tons of bombs, recording seven confirmed kills while losing 67 aircraft.[16]

In Italy, the Twelfth Air Force’s 47th Bomb Group also received the A-26 starting in January 1945. They were used against German transport links, and for direct support and interdiction against tanks and troop concentrations in the Po Valley in the final campaigns in Italy.

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