Douglas A-26 Invader

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ground-attack aircraft military aircraft twin-engine light bomber

The Douglas A-26 Invader is a World War II–era American twin‑engine light bomber and ground-attack aircraft that later saw extensive service in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Douglas A-26 Invader canonical 5
B-26 Invader 2
A-26 Invader 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
twin-engine light bomber ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
armament forward-firing machine guns ⓘ
internal bomb bay ⓘ
underwing bombs and rockets ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 3 ⓘ
engineType Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
firstFlight 1942-07-10 ⓘ
introduced 1943 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ
laterDesignation Douglas A-26 Invader self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: B-26 Invader
length 51 ft 3 in ⓘ
manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 355 mph ⓘ
notableFeature heavy forward-firing gun armament in solid nose variants ⓘ
numberBuilt 2452 ⓘ
operator Biafran secession ⓘ
surface form: Biafra

Brazil ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
France ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
powerplant 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engines ⓘ
retiredFromUSAF 1972 ⓘ
role counter-insurgency aircraft ⓘ
ground attack ⓘ
light bomber ⓘ
night intruder ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
serviceBranch Biafran Air Force ⓘ
Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Chilean Air Force ⓘ
French Air Force ⓘ
Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
usedBy special operations units ⓘ
tactical bomber units ⓘ
usedInConflict Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
wingspan 70 ft ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum → hasAircraftOnDisplay → Douglas A-26 Invader ⓘ
Brigade 2506 → armedWith → Douglas A-26 Invader ⓘ
this entity surface form: B-26 bomber aircraft
Douglas A-26 Invader → laterDesignation → Douglas A-26 Invader self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: B-26 Invader
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum → hasNotableAircraft → Douglas A-26 Invader ⓘ
Douglas Aircraft Company → notableProduct → Douglas A-26 Invader ⓘ
Deke Slayton → previouslyFlewAircraftType → Douglas A-26 Invader ⓘ
this entity surface form: A-26 Invader
Martin B-26 Marauder → successor → Douglas A-26 Invader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Martin B-26 Invader (designation confusion; different aircraft)
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp → usedInAircraft → Douglas A-26 Invader ⓘ
Cuban Air Force → usedAircraft → Douglas A-26 Invader ⓘ
this entity surface form: B-26 Invader
4th Special Operations Squadron → aircraftOperated → Douglas A-26 Invader ⓘ
A-20 Havoc → successor → Douglas A-26 Invader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas A‑26 Invader