acobra

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Hi All:
I know this might seem a bit backward but I'm asking scale modelers to help me find a WWII A-26 (B-26B) paint scheme in Olive drab for the Indiana Military Museums FULL SIZE WWII A-26 we just acquired from up at Rockford IL. I've been checking the net but so far no luck, plenty of natural metal WWII, black Korea and OD counter insurgency but WWII OD are proving hard to find. Can anyone help? Check us out at [link]http://indianamilitarymuseum.net[/link] [sm=spinnyeyes.gif]

Frank

TFF

http://www.chimneyrockb26crash.com/page11.html might work most seem to be OD top and aluminum bottom.

acobra

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Thanks but this is a B-26 Marauder not a A-26 (later B-26B Invader)
Frank,

PirateKevin

http://www.militaryfactory.com/image...entDescriptor=

This might help
Kevin

rcphotog

You're probably going to get some replies regarding the Martin B-26 because many people to this day still get confused about the two planes.

Regarding the DOUGLAS A-26 Invader ;

Keeping in mind that Service delivery began in Dec. 1943, two months after revisions to Army Air Force policy eliminating requirements for factory-applied camouflage for combat aircraft, the majority of A-26s were delivered in natural metal finish.

You will however find some of the planes attached to the Ninth Air Force were O.D. and grey and later in the war in the Pacific. It was left to the individual commanders in each operating theater to decide the continuation of camouflage.

A total of 1,355 A-26Bs were delivered, the last 535 having -79 engines boosted by water injection.

Deliveries of the A-26C began in January 1945 to the combat theaters. Production numbers were 1,091. This model had the clear plexi-glass nose.

So do some research on the Ninth Air Force and Pacific "Invaders" as well and that should produce some results.
Ken.

acobra

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Thanks but this is a B-26 Marauder not a A-26 (later B-26B Invader) This is a great cause of mixup as the A-26 Invader became the B-26 after WWII
Frank,

TFF

http://napoleon130.tripod.com/ is a nice site. look up the unites http://napoleon130.tripod.com/id422.html
I knew i would screw it up. Both planes have a B26B version.

PirateKevin

We're talking about the "Baltimore *****". Have you ever heard the saying "One a day in Tampa Bay" ?
It's not the Invader
Once the pilots learned how to fly it within design perimeters it was an exceptional medium bomber
Kevin

PirateKevin

That's funny it bleeped out the word that means a women of poor moral standards.
Well that is what they called them. Lol

Kevin

Chad Veich

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Sorry Kevin but the original post is concerning the Douglas A/B-26 Invader and not the Martin Marauder. If it were a Marauder that the Indiana Military Museum had there would be no issue with finding documentation for an Olive Drab paint job since the vast majority of Marauder's were delivered in exactly that color. On the other hand very few Invaders were painted OD (or any other color) during WWII.

Lucky Dog

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Hi acobra,
The Squadron Publications Douglas A-26 Invader in action (#37) has a color view of an OD A-26B of the 3rd BG, Philippines 1945. These also a B&W photo of the prototype XA-26 which was in OD, and a B&W photo of a different 3rd BG OD A-26B.

Hope this helps.

Looking through that reminded me of what a kick-a** of a plane the A-26 was. To think they were used in the ASAF as attack aircraft into the late 1960s is a tribute to the Douglas work horse.

Cheers