[ARC5] NASM B-26 Flak Bait Restoration - Radio Op Position

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OnMark Aviation made A-26 conversions for the USAF and a few private 
corporations.  While at Page Aviation at DCA in the mid-60's, we saw one 
come and go, regularly.  They did have to get a PPR, however, as those 
type acft were banned from the airport since the end of WWII.  While in 
Panama, I did have the occasion to see what I believe were the 
blacked-out A-26's used in the Che Guevara activity in Bolivia.

On another tack, my late Uncle John (B-24 Hap 'n Hank) flew in the South 
Pacific and up into the Tinian area.  As the radio operator, he remarked 
years ago that he used the BC-375 and BC-348 every mission.  He did not 
recall the SCR-274-N equipment.  Him not being a ham, or anything, I'll 
assume that some things simply fall out of memory....

Jeep - K3HVG



On 6/3/2015 5:40 PM, Robert Eleazer wrote:
> "There can be confusion with these "-26" aircraft.  The 1942 Douglas A-26 has no relation to the 1940 Martin B-26 despite some visual similarity, yet several years after WWII the A-26 was re-designated to "B-26"."
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> Even more confusingly, the A-26B was a hard-nosed attack aircraft with very heavy forward firing armament, the A-26C had a transparent nose with a bombardier, and the A-26A did not go into production but was a fighter version!
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> The Air Force brought the A for attack designation back into use in the 1970's and for a while afterwards some B-57's were redesignated A-57.
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