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    Airframe Family: Douglas A-26/B-26/JD Invader
    Latest Model:TB-26C Invader
    Last Military Serial:44-35752 USAF
    Construction Number:29031
    Last Civil Registration:N81797
    Compressed ID:Douglas TB-26C sn 44-35752 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-26C-45-DT by Douglas at Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-35752.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-35752.

    1948

    Redesignated as B-26C.

    Converted to a TB-26C.

    April 1958

    Assigned to Davis Monthan AFB for storage.

    1960

    To Rock Island Oil and Refining Co, Wichita, KS with new c/r N8627E.

    Planned conversion to Monarch 26 not completed, open storage unrestored at Hutchinson,KS.

    From 1962 to 1963

    To Hamilton Aircraft, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N8627E.

    From February 1963 to 1969

    To Donaire Inc, Phoenix, AZ keeping c/r N8627E.

    July 1963

    Retardant tank installed for operations as fire-fighter.

    July 1963

    Operated as fire service #C04.

    1970

    To Thomas W. Hammon, Phoenix, AZ keeping c/r N8627E.

    May 1972

    To Kenting Aircraft Ltd, Toronto, ON with new c/r CF-KBZ.

    August 1973

    To Conair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC keeping c/r CF-KBZ.

    From August 1973 to 1988

    Operated as fire service #27.

    From 1979 to 1988

    To Conair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC with new c/r C-FKBZ.

    March 1979


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: C-FKBZ - TB-26C Invader - Conair at Abbotsford

    5 June 1986


    Photographer: Peter M. Garwood
    Notes: At Abbotsford, BC, Canada

    From 15 January 1988 to 1989

    To Canadian Warplane Heritage, Mount Hope, ON keeping c/r C-FKBZ.

    17 July 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Courtesy Aircraft, Rockford, IL

    2 August 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the EAA Convention, Oshkosh, WI

    8 May 1989

    To Courtesy Aircraft Inc, Rockford, IL with new c/r N81797.

    From 1989 to 2001

    To Vern Rayburn, Boston, MA keeping c/r N81797.

    Markings Applied: Rude Invader, 435752

    From 1991 to 2006

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum/Tom Reilly, Kissimmee Municipal Airport, Kissimmee, FL.
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    March 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum in Kissimmee, Florida.

    March 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum in Kissimmee, Florida.

    12 November 2003

    To unknown owner with c/r N81797.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Boston, MA.

    March 2006

    To Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, NC.
    Donated by Mr. Rayburn to the museum.
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    9 April 2013

    Civil registration, N81797, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Boston, MA.


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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