Douglas A-26 Invader

Douglas A-26 Invader (ditunjuk B-26 antara 1948-1965) adalah pesawat light bomber bermesin ganda dan pesawat serangan pengintai (reconnaissance aircraft) sayap tinggi (high wing) Amerika Serikat yang dibangun oleh Douglas Aircraft selama Perang Dunia II juga selama beberapa konflik besar Perang Dingin. Sejumlah terbatas pesawat sangat dimodifikasi (sebutan A-26 restored) disajikan dalam pertempuran sampai 1969.

Dibuat menjadi pesawat cepat yang mampu membawa beban dua kali bom yang ditentukan perusahaan. Berbagai senjata bisa dipasang untuk menghasilkan pesawat-serangan darat yang tangguh.

Referensi

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• Francillon, René. "The Douglas Invader Story". Air Enthusiast, Number Seven, July–September 1978, pp. 215–234. Bromley, Kent, UK: Pilot Press Ltd., 1978.
• Francillon, René. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920: Volume I. London: Putnam, 1979. ISBN 0-87021-428-4.
• Futrell, Robert F. The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950–53. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History Office, 1997, First edition 1961. ISBN 978-0-16-048879-5.
• Gallemi, Francis. A-26B/C Invader (Warbird Profile 1). Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada: Aries Publications, 1994. ISBN 1-84176-080-3.
• Grinsell, Bob. "Invader." Wings Vol. 4, No. 3, June 1974.
• Hagedorn, Dan. Central American and Caribbean Air Forces. Staplefield, West Sussex, UK: Air Britain (Historians Ltd.), 1993. ISBN 0-85130-210-6.
• Hagedorn, Dan and Leif Hellström. Foreign Invaders, the Douglas invader in Foreign Military and US Clandestine Service. Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing, 1994. ISBN 1-85780-013-3.
• Horne, John E. "Douglas B-26s In Korea". Air Enthusiast, Number 24, April—July 1984. Bromley, Kent UK: Pilot Press. pp. 50–59.
• Johnsen, Frederick A. Douglas A-26 Invader. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 1999. ISBN 1-58007-016-7.
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• Mikesh, Robert C. "Flying the Invader: Pilot Notes for the Douglas A-26". Air Enthusiast, Number Seven. July–September 1978. Bromley, Kent, UK: Pilot Press Ltd., 1978, pp. 234–236.
• O'Leary, Michael. "Database:Douglas Invader". Aeroplane, May 2002, Vol. 30, No.5, pp. 37–58. London: IPC.
• Smith, Mark E. USAF Reconnaissance in South East Asia (1961–66). San Francisco: Headquarters, Pacific Air Force, Department of the Air Force, 1966.
• Thompson, Scott. Douglas A-26 and B-26 Invader. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK: Crowood Press Ltd., 2002. ISBN 1-86126-503-4.
• Thompson, Warren. B-26 Invader Units over Korea. Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-84176-080-3.
• Volume I Operation Shed Light Study Report. Washington, D.C.: Headquarters, DCS Research and Development, Headquarters, United States Air Force, 1966.
• Wheeler, Barry C. The Hamlyn Guide to Military Aircraft Markings. London: Chancellor Press, 1992. ISBN 1-85152-582-3.
• Winchester, Jim. "Douglas A-26 Invader." Aircraft of World War II. London: Grange Books, 2004. ISBN 1-84013-639-1.

Pranala luar

• Photo of prototype XA-26 41-19504 Diarsipkan 2013-07-01 di Wayback Machine.
• Manual: (1945) AN 01-40AJ-2 Erection and Maintenance Instructions for Army Models A-26B and A-26C Airplanes
• A-26 Lady Liberty - Confederate Air Force Diarsipkan 2016-10-02 di Wayback Machine.
• Hill Aerospace Museum: Douglas A-26 "Invader" Information Diarsipkan 2011-06-04 di Wayback Machine.
• Hurlburt AFB: Fact Sheets: A-26 Counter-Invader Diarsipkan 2007-04-16 di Wayback Machine.
• Martin J Simpson's A-26 history website
• SH A-26 Sponsor Group - Commemorative Air Force Diarsipkan 2009-09-29 di Wayback Machine.
• The A-26 Legacy Foundation: Operation Final Flight
• Popular Science, July 1945, "Plane of Many Faces"
• Douglas A-26 Invader Registry