{"id":8677265,"date":"2026-08-02T10:52:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=8677265"},"modified":"2026-08-02T10:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:53:16","slug":"a-26-invader-stockton-field-aviation-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/es\/a-26-invader-stockton-field-aviation-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"A Three-War Bomber Finds a New Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>Most warplanes are lucky to see one war. The Douglas A-26 Invader saw three &mdash; World War II, Korea and Vietnam &mdash; the only American bomber ever to do so. Now one of these remarkable survivors has a new home: the Stockton Field Aviation Museum in California&rsquo;s Central Valley has added an A-26C Invader to its collection, and it is already turning heads at West Coast airshows.<\/p>\r\n<p>It is exactly the kind of aircraft that deserves to be kept flying: fast, heavily armed, and stubbornly refusing to become obsolete across three decades of combat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px;color:#333\">Datos r\u00e1pidos<\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;line-height:1.8\">\r\n<li><strong>Aeronave:<\/strong> Douglas A-26C Invader, N126HK<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>New home:<\/strong> Stockton Field Aviation Museum, California<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Came from:<\/strong> the Cactus Air Force, Carson City, Nevada<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Now wears:<\/strong> 386th Bomb Group markings<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>The type&rsquo;s claim to fame:<\/strong> the only US bomber to fight in three wars<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Motores:<\/strong> two Pratt &amp; Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radials, 2,000 hp each<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Next stop:<\/strong> Bomber Camp events and a planned AirVenture 2026 appearance<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The bomber that wouldn&rsquo;t retire<\/h2>\r\n<p>The Invader first flew as the XA-26 prototype in July 1942 and reached the front in 1944, meant to replace a whole generation of earlier attack aircraft. Two big Pratt &amp; Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radials made it fast for a bomber, and it came in two flavours: a solid gun-nose strafer bristling with up to fourteen forward-firing .50-calibre machine guns, and a glazed &ldquo;glass nose&rdquo; bombardier version like the museum&rsquo;s new A-26C.<\/p>\r\n<p>After the war it was redesignated the B-26, fought again over Korea, and was even recalled and rebuilt for Vietnam as the B-26K Counter Invader, hunting trucks along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Few aircraft have had such a long and violent working life.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fqyw9c4opCk\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;The Invader retains the distinction of being the only U.S. bomber to fly missions in three wars: World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Hill Aerospace Museum<\/strong> &mdash; on the Douglas Invader<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A new home in the Central Valley<\/h2>\r\n<p>The aircraft, an A-26C registered N126HK, came to the Stockton Field Aviation Museum from the Cactus Air Force in Carson City, Nevada, with the help of longtime enthusiast Jan Johnson. It has since been repainted in the markings of the 386th Bomb Group, connecting it to the Invader&rsquo;s wartime roots.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1064956097  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:UzqX.c997\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/douglas-a-26-invader-preserved-museum.jpg\" alt=\"A preserved Douglas A-26 Invader\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A preserved Douglas A-26 Invader. The glass-nosed A-26C carried a bombardier, unlike the solid gun-nose strafer version. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;The Stockton Field Aviation Museum has added A-26C Invader N126HK to its growing warbird collection, thanks to the support of longtime enthusiast Jan Johnson.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Noticias de aviaci\u00f3n cl\u00e1sica<\/strong> &mdash; July 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Restoring the glass nose, aiming for Oshkosh<\/h2>\r\n<p>The museum plans to fly the Invader in its Bomber Camp experiences and is raising money to rebuild the aircraft&rsquo;s intricate glazed nose. The goal is to bring it to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2026, where organisers hope to gather several A-26s together to tell the story of a type that spanned three wars.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=918919817  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:UzqX.c997\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/douglas-a-26-invader-flying-warbird.jpg\" alt=\"A Douglas A-26 Invader in flight\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A Douglas A-26 Invader in flight. Fewer and fewer of these three-war veterans remain airworthy. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fQM194bflKQ\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Worth keeping in the air<\/h2>\r\n<p>Every warbird saved is a piece of history kept alive for people who will never otherwise hear a pair of Double Wasps thunder overhead. For the Invader &mdash; a design that outlived its own era by decades &mdash; a new home and a run at Oshkosh is a fitting next chapter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qUNKzPQwG4c\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#777;font-size:14px;margin-top:24px\">Sources: Vintage Aviation News; Stockton Field Aviation Museum; Hill Aerospace Museum; Wikipedia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Publicaciones relacionadas<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/b-24-diamond-lil-returns-to-the-sky-after-two-years\/\">B-24 Diamond Lil regresa al cielo despu\u00e9s de dos a\u00f1os.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/eaa-airventure-oshkosh-2026-p-38-lightning-warbirds\/\">Tres aviones P-38 Lightning se reunir\u00e1n en Oshkosh.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most warplanes are lucky to see one war. 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