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Serial #: 44-34607
Construction #: 27886
Civil Registration:
  N8395H
  CF-FBV
Model(s):
  A-26B
  TA-26B
  TB-26B-61-DL
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 1974
  History:
Delivered to USAAF as 44-34607.
- To Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage, Feb. 1957-1958.
Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson, AZ, June 1958.
Stahmann Farms Inc, Las Cruces, NM, 1966-1969
- Registered as N8395H.
- Open storage, unconverted, Tucson, AZ, 1958-1968.
Convair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC, May 1971
- Registered as CF-FBV
- Flew as tanker #23.
- Crashed & destroyed, Mt. Bowman, near Clinton, BC, Aug. 7, 1974.

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Serial #: 44-35581
Construction #: 28860
Civ. Registration:
  N3485G
  C-GWJG
Model(s):
  A-26C
  B-26C
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 1982
  History:
Delivered to USAAF as 44-35581.
- Sold as surplus, June 11, 1958.
Stahmann Farms Inc, Las Cruces, NM, 1963-1964.
- Registered as N3485G.
M. S. Jovenich, New York, NY, 1966.
Hamilton Aircraft Co., Tucson, AZ, 1969.
Aircraft Surplus Co., Tucson, AZ, 1970-1972.
Air Spray Ltd, Red Deer, Alberta< June 1976-1982
- Registered as C-GWJG
- Flew as tanker #9
- Crashed near Watson Lake, Yukon Territory, July 1, 1982.

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Serial #: 44-34423
Construction #: 27702
Civil Registration:
  N9594Z
  C-GHLI
Model(s):
  A-26B
  B-26B
  B-26C
  On Mark (See History)
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2002
  History:
Delivered to USAF as 44-34423, 19??
- Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, July 1957.
Stahmann Farmes Inc, Las Cruces, NM, Oct. 1960-1972
- Registered as N9594Z.
- Rebuilt (circa 1964) as long-ranged executive aircraft with wings and tip tanks from unidentified On Mark Marksman that had been damaged by fire, Phoenix, AZ.
Victor W. Newman, El Paso, TX, 1972-1974.
Conair Aviation Ltd., Abbotsford, BC, Dec. 1974-1984.
- Registered as C-GHLI.
- Flew as tanker #329 (later #29).
- Damaged by ground fire (flames not AAA :), Williams Lake, BC, July 1, 1984.
Wreck stored in local scrapyard, 1986-1990.
Aero Nostalgia Inc, Stockton, CA, 1990.
- Static rebuild as A-26C for USAFM.
USAFM, Fairchild AFB, WA, 1995-2002.

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Serial #: 44-35262
Construction #: 28541
Civil Registration:
  N72404
Model(s):
  A-26C
  RB-26C
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 1970
  History:
Stahmann Farms Inc, Las Cruces, NM, 1964-1970.
- Registered as N72404.

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Serial #: 44-34602
Construction #: 27881
Civil Registration:
  N8392H
  N167B
Model(s):
  A-26B
  TA-26B
  TB-26B
  VB-26B
  Rock Island Monarch 26
Name: Sugarland Express
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
  History:
Delivered to USAF as 44-34602.
- SOC: July 1, 1958.
- Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ.
Jack Lysdale Flying Service, St. Paul, MN, 1964.
- Registered as N8392H.
Stahmann Farms Inc., Las Cruces, NM, 1966-1987.
- Conversion to Rock Island Monarch 26 configuration started, Hutchinson, KS.
- Finished by Hamilton Aircraft, Tucson, AZ.
RLS 51 Ltd, San Francisco, CA, 1987-2001.
- Restored to military configuration with 8 Gun nose, Grand Junction, CO, 1987.
- Delivered Oslo, Norway, May 1988
- Registered as N167B, Feb. 1989
- Operated by Scandinavian Historical Flight, Oslo, Norway
- Flies as 434602/BC-602 Sugarland Express.
Joda LLC, Town And Country, MO, Feb. 8, 2001-2002.

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