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Serial #: 44-35523
Construction #:
28802
Civil Registration:
N3428G
Model: A-26C
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last
info: 1988
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History:
Aero Atlas Inc, Red Bluff, CA, 19??.
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Registered as N3428G.
Rosenbalm Aviation Inc, Medford, OR, 1963-1972.
- Flew as tanker #F29 (later #29).
William
Dempsay/Central Air Service, East Wenatchee, WA, 1972-1981.
- Flew as tanker #108.
Kinney Air Tankers, Richey, MT, June
1981.
- Flew as tanker #108.
- Damaged after left main gear collapsed during landing, Dubois, PA, June 2, 1982.
Custom
Farm Service of Montana, Richey, MT, 1984.
William Dempsay/Central Air Service, East Wenatchee, WA & Rantoul, KS, July
5, 1985-2002.
- Stored in open, Rantoul , KS, 1985-2001.
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NTSB Identification: NYC82DA114
14
CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, June 02, 1982 in DUBOIS, PA
Probable Cause Approval Date:
6/2/1983
Aircraft: DOUGLAS RB-26C, registration: N3428G
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FERRIED TO ITS HOME BASE IN MONTANA. DURING
A LANDING TO REFUEL, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD ROLLED ABOUT 2500 FT AND HAD SLOWED TO ABOUT 30 TO
40 KTS. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BEAM MOUNTING AXLE HAD SHIFTED OUTBOARD ABOUT THREE INCHES. THE REASON
FOR THE SHIFT WAS NOT VERIFIED.
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Serial #: 44-35724
Construction #:
29003
Civil Registration:
N7954C
Model(s):
A-26C
B-26C
Name: Monnie
Status:
Stored?
Last info: 1995
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History:
Delivered to USAAF as 44-35724, 19??.
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To Davis Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.
- Sold as surplus, June 11, 1958.
J.E. Gardner, 19??
- Registered as N7954C.
Rosenbalm
Aviation, Medford, OR, 1963-1964.
Flick Aviation, La Grande, OR, 1966-1970.
- Flew as tanker #83.
Rosenbalm Aviation,
Medford, OR, 1972.
William A. Dempsay/Central Air Service, East Wenatchee, WA, 1973-1983.
- Flew as tanker #83 (later
#106).
USAF Museum, Beale AFB, CA, 1983-1995.
- Displayed as 434517/Monnie.
Museum closed, parked on ramp, Beale
AFB, 1995.
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Serial #: 44-34508
Construction #:
27787
Civil Registered:
N74874
Model(s):
A-26B
B-26B
Name: None
Status:
Restoration
Last info: 2001
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History:
Kreitzberg Aviation, Salem, OR, 1963-1966.
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Registered as N74874.
Rosenbalm Aviation, Medford, OR, 1969-1972.
- Flew as tanker #F74.
William Dempsay/Central
Air Services, East Wenatchee, WA, 1977-1981.
- Flown as tanker #107.
Bruce Kinney, Richey, MT, June 30, 1981-2000.
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Flown as tanker #107.
William Dempsay/D&D Aero Inc, Rantoul, KS, Aug. 1, 2000-2001.
Jack Basler, Santa Rosa,
CA, 2001
- Delivered from KS to CA for restoration.
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Serial #: 44-35552
Construction #:
28831
Civil Registration:
N5544V
Model: A-26C
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last
info: 2002
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History:
Rosenbalm Aviation, Medford, OR, 1963-1972.
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Registered as N5544V.
William Dempsay, C.A.S. East Wenatchee, WA, circa 1972-1981.
- Flew as tanker #104.
Kinney
Air Tankers, Richey, MT, June 1981.
- Flew as tanker #104.
Duane D. Sly, Platte, SD, Feb. 20 1985-1992.
Bonanzaville Museum, West Fargo, ND, 1992-2003.
- Displayed as ND ANG/435523.
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Serial #: 44-35323
Construction #:
28602
Civil
Registration:
N8026E
CF-CDD
Model(s):
A-26C
RB-26C
Name: Ginny
Sue
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
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History:
Delivered to USAAF as A-26C/44-35323, March 1945.
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Delivered to ETO, April, 1945.
- Returned to U.S.A., July 1945.
- Assigned to 4255th Base Unit, Granada Field, MS,
July 1945-Feb. 1946.
- Transferred to 4160th Base Unit, Hobbs Field, NM,
Feb. 1946-Sept. 1947.
- Transferred
to 4185th Base Unit, Hill AFB, UT, Sept. 1947.
- Redesignated B-26C, July 1948.
- Transferred to 67th TRW/12th TRS/Far
East Air Force,
Tague Airbase, Korea, June 1951.
- Equipped with large nose mounted camera and
redesignated RB-26C.
- Transferred to 183rd Transport Squadron/Air National Guard,
Hawkins, MI, 1956.
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Transferred to Davis-Monthan AFB for storage, Dec. 1957.
L.B. Smith Aircraft Corp, Miami, FL, July 1958
- Registered
as N8026E.
Kreitzberg Aviation, Inc., Salem, OR, 1966.
Aeroflight Inc, Troutdale, OR, 1969
Aero Union Corp, Chino,
CA, 1969.
- Converted to air tanker configuration.
- Flown as tanker #55.
Conair Aviation Ltd., Abbotsford, BC, May
1970.
- Registered as CF-CDD.
Aero Union Corp, Chico, CA. Sep. 1970-1972
- Reregistered as N8026E.
- Flew as tanker
#C55.
William Dempsey, C.A.S. East Wenatchee, WA, 1977.
- Flew as tanker #55
Don A. Goodman, Missoula, MT, 1977
Lester
Riley, Anchorage, AK, Circa 1978.
- Used as a "River Sander", dropping sand and crushed coral
on frozen
rivers to aid in ice breakup.
- Also used as fire bomber.
Dr. Don Rogers, Anchorage, AK, Circa 1979.
The Air Museum,
Chino, CA, July 1980-1992
- Flown as "435323/Ginny Sue.
The Air Museum/Planes Of Fame, Valle, AZ, 2002.
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Static Display.
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