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    Airframe Family: Douglas A-26/B-26/JD Invader
    Latest Model:Marketeer
    Last Military Serial:44-34555 USAAF
    Construction Number:27834
    Last Civil Registration:N26HK
    Compressed ID:On Mark Engineering Marketeer sn 44...
    Latest Owner or Location:Round Engine Aero

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-26B-61-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, Califoria, USA.

    From Circa 1944 to September 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-34555.

    Redesignated as B-26B.

    From 3 January 1951 to 9 November 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de l Air with s/n 44-34555.
    Used in Indochina and Vietnam with callsign F-HUIP.

    9 November 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-34555.

    18 June 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL26HK (A-26B, 27834) issued.

    Circa 1960

    Converted to a Marketeer by On Mark Engineering at Van Nuys, Califoria, USA.

    1963

    To E. G. Rodman/Rodman Supply Co, Odessa, TX, with new c/r N84W.

    1971

    To Carl W. Swan, Oklahoma City, OK with new c/r N841W.

    1973

    To unknown owner with c/r N5BP.

    1977

    To Rojo Inc, Hilton Head Island, SC, with new c/r N550.
    Operated with markings: 69

    1978

    To Bank of Beaufort, Hilton Head Island, SC, keeping c/r N550.

    1980


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Opa Locka, Florida

    7 October 1981


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: Registered as N550 and converted to an On-Mark Marketeer when seen in 1979 and 1981 at Opa Locka, FL

    21 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at Opa Locka, Florida

    From 1984 to 1989

    To Larry S. Jeter, Lubbock, TX, keeping c/r N550.

    From 1984 to 1992

    Withdrawn from use.
    In open storage at Opa Locka, Florida.

    3 August 1989

    To Hal Kaden/Southwest Aviation Inc, Fairacres, NM, with new c/r N550.

    3 August 1989

    To Southwest Aviation Inc, Fairacres, NM with new c/r N26HK.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Southwest Aviation, Lac Cruces International Airport/Las Cruces Municipal Airport, Las Cruces, NM.
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    September 1990

    To Southwest Aviation, Las Cruces, NM, keeping c/r N26HK.

    6 December 1991


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At Opa Locka, Florida

    From 1995 to 2002

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored in dismantled state at Las Cruces, New Mexico.

    4 April 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N26HK.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Houston, TX.

    30 July 2013

    To Edmund O. Noel, Houston, TX keeping c/r N26HK.

    1 January 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL26HK (A-26B, 27834) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2018

    To Southwest Aviation Inc, Fairacres, NM keeping c/r N26HK.

    11 February 2019

    To Edmund O. Noel, Houston, TX keeping c/r N26HK.

    Repair started.

    January 2022

    To Round Engine Aero.
    Acquired during a stalled restoration.

    11 January 2022


    Photographer: Round Engine Aero
    Notes: From sale listing

    18 October 2022

    Civil registration, N26HK, cancelled.


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