Dates

Event

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

Circa 1943

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-22660.

To unknown owner with c/r N9087Z.

1963

To D and O Equipment Co, Charlotte NC with new c/r N3711G.

1966

To John M. Sliker, Wadley GA keeping c/r N3711G.

16 February 1968

To Kem-Air Inc, Ainsworth, NE keeping c/r N3711G.

1 April 1972

Civil registration, N3711G, cancelled.

1 April 1972

To Air Spray (1967) Ltd, Edmonton AB with new c/r CF-EZX (B-26b, 43-22660).

20 April 1972

Civil registration, N3711G, cancelled.
Exported to Canada.

20 April 1972

Civil registration, N3711G, cancelled.
Exported to Canada.

Operated as fire service #3.

1989

To Air Spray (1967) Ltd, Red Deer with new c/r C-FEZX.

Operated as fire service #3 with markings: The lost Invader

14 May 2000

Photographer: Peter Garwood
Notes: A-26 C-FEZX, at Red Deer, Alberta on 14 May 2000

29 June 2000

Destroyed in a crash.
Airsprays Douglas A-26 Invader C-FEZX Tanker 3 was extensively damaged during June in a forced landing near the Grande Prairie Airport in Canada. The aircraft had been participating in fire bombing around the Grande Prairie area for Alberta Environment. As the pilot made his approach to Runway 25, he advised Grande Prairie Flight Services that he was having problems with one of the R2800s. He realized he wasnt going to make the runway and prepared for a crash landing. The Invader came down in a field near the airport, bounced back into the air again, and then hit the ground and slid about 400 feet before colliding with a road bank which spun the aircraft around and tore off the left engine. The pilot suffered minor injuries but the aircraft may be a write-off.

11 May 2006

Photographer: Reinhard Jost
Notes: At the property of Air Spray (1967) Ltd., Red Deer / Alberta

11 May 2006

Photographer: Reinhard Jost
Notes: At the property of Air Spray (1967) Ltd., Red Deer / Alberta