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    Airframe Family: Douglas A-26/B-26/JD Invader
    Latest Model:STOL 26
    Last Military Serial:41-39516 USAAF
    Construction Number:7229
    Last Civil Registration:N237Y
    Compressed ID:Lynch Air Tankers STOL 26 sn 41-395...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wings of Eagles Discovery Center, Elmira, Horseheads, New York

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-26B-40-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, Califoria, USA.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-39516.

    Converted to a STOL 26 by Lynch Air Tankers at Billings, Montana, USA.

    1 July 1975

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX237Y (A-26, 7229) issued.

    15 September 1981

    To unknown owner with c/r N237Y.

    15 December 1990

    To unknown owner with c/r N237Y.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Geneseo, NY.

    To National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY.
    Transferred to a museum.
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    9 October 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York.

    1 January 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX237Y (A-26, 7229) issued.

    13 November 2003

    To unknown owner with c/r N237Y.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Geneseo, NY.

    To Wings of Eagles Discovery Center, Elmira, Horseheads, NY.
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    19 August 2013

    Civil registration, N237Y, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Geneseo, NY.

    20 August 2014


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: This former executive aircraft has been restored to its former warbird glory at the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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