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    Airframe Family: Douglas A-26/B-26/JD Invader
    Latest Model:A-26C-25-DT Invader
    Last Military Serial:43-22653 USAAF
    Construction Number:18800
    Last Civil Registration:C-GPTW
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-26C-25-DT sn 43-22653 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Australian Aviation Museum, Sydney Bankstown Airport, Sydney, New South Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as an A-26C-25-DT by Douglas at Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-22653.

    1963

    To Idaho Air Tankers, Boise with new c/r N9402Z.

    Operated as fire service #26.

    19 February 1966

    To Reeder Flying Service Inc keeping c/r N9402Z.

    Operated as fire service #26.

    5 February 1981

    Civil registration, N9402Z, cancelled.

    23 April 1981

    To Air Spray (1967) Ltd, Edmonton, AB with new c/r C-GPTW.

    July 1994


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: C-GPTW - A-26B Invader - Air Spray at Red Deer in July 1994

    8 November 2000

    To Air Spray (1967) Ltd, Edmonton, AB with new c/r C-GPTW.

    Operated as fire service #26.

    Withdrawn from use.

    11 May 2006


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Nose art close-up at Red Deer / Alberta

    23 July 2008


    Photographer: Ray Barber
    Notes: At Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

    2014

    Based at Australian Aviation Museum, Sydney Bankstown Airport, Sydney, New South Wales.
    Operated with markings: 26
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    December 2014


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At Bankstown Air Museum, near Sydney, NSW
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