Military Ownership History of the NEAM Douglas A-26C Invader (43-22499), "Reida Rae"

 

  • November 15, 1944 -Manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, Tulsa, OK and delivered to the USAAF at Hunter AAF, GA
  • December 1944 – To Ninth Air Force, European Theater of Operations
  • December 1944 – August 1945 – Service with the 671st Bombardment Squadron of the 416th Bombardment Group (Light)
  • August 17, 1945 – Returned to US. 487th AAF Base Unit. Hunter Field, GA
  • January 31, 1945 – Transferred to 4255th AAF Base Unit, Grenada Field, MS (storage)
  • March 19, 1946 – Transferred to Air Transport Command, Ferrying Division
  • March 31, 1946 – Transferred to 4160th AAF Base Unit (Air Materiel Command), Hobbs AAF (storage)
  • August 5, 1947 – Transferred to 4135th Base Unit, Hill AFB, Ogden, UT (ground instructional training)
  • June 1, 1948 – Storage “non-cocooned”. Redesignated from A-26C to B26-C.
  • March 1, 1949 – Redesignated as Utility Transportation Aircraft.
  • March 11, 1952 – Ogden Air Materiel Area. Depot modification.
  • March 27, 1952 – Transferred to Far East Air Forces (FEACOM), 6400th Air Depot Wing
  • April 30, 1952 – May 15, 1952 – Enroute to Tachikawa, Japan.
  • June 3, 1952 – Transferred to 126th Bomb Wing (Light), Laon/Couvron Air Base, France.
  • February 3, 1953 – Transferred to Rhein Main AB, Germany attached to the 60th Troop Carrier Wing.
  • May 24, 1953 – Transferred to the 38th Bomb Wing (Light), Furstenfeldbruck AB, Germany.
  • October 12, 1954 – Transferred to 7373rd Maintenance Group, Chateauroux, France.
  • October 1955 – Transferred to Fairey Aviation Co., Manchester, England for contract modification.
  • July 1956 – Transferred to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
  • August 1957 – Designated as ”excess”.
  • October 1957 – Dropped from inventory.

 

 

416th Bomb Group Combat Missions flow by "Reida Rae" between Feb 8, 1944 and May 1, 1945

 

  • Mission 200 - Feb 8, 1945, Nutterden, Germany, Defended Area
  • Mission 201 - Feb 9, 1945, Kempen, Germany, Communications Center
  • Mission 202 - Feb 10, 1945, east of Munstereifel, Germany, Military Installations
  • Mission 205 - Feb 14, 1945, Rheinbach, Germany, Ammunition Dump
  • Mission 207 - Feb 19, 1945, Weisbaden, Germany, Ordnance Depot
  • Mission 209 - Feb 21, 1945, Lage, Germany, Railroad Bridge
  • Mission 215 - Feb 25, 1945, Norvenich, Germany, Road Junctions
  • Mission 216 - Feb 26, 1945, Sindorf, Germany, Road Junctions
  • Mission 217 - Feb 28, 1945, Unna, Germany, Ordnance Depot
  • Mission 218 - Mar 1, 1945, Giessen, Germany, Ordnance and Supply Depot
  • Mission 219 - Mar 2, 1945, Iserlohn, Germany, Warehouses
  • Mission 222 - Mar 5, 1945, Marburg, Germany, Marshalling Yards
  • Mission 224 - Mar 6, 1945, Opladen, Germany, Marshalling Yards
  • Mission 226 - Mar 9, 1945, Butzbach, Germany, Marshalling Yards
  • Mission 227 - Mar 9, 1945, Wulfen, Germany, Ammunition Dump
  • Mission 230 - Mar 11, 1945, Wulfen, Germany, Ammunition Dump
  • Mission 232 - Mar 12, 1945, Mummelbach, Germany, Marshalling Yards
  • Mission 234 - Mar 13, 1945, Husten, Germany, Marshalling Yards
  • Mission 236 - Mar 15, 1945, Pirmasens, Germany, Road Junction
  • Mission 237 - Mar 17, 1945, Altenkirchen, Germany, Road Junction
  • Mission 238 - Mar 17, 1945, Bad Homburg, Germany, Marshalling Yards
  • Mission 239 - Mar 18, 1945, Worms, Germany, Communications Center
  • Mission 240 - Mar 18, 1945, Kreuztal, Germany, Marshalling Yards
  • Mission 242 - Mar 19, 1945, Nassau, Germany, Road Junction
  • Mission 244 - Mar 20, 1945, Geisecke, Germany, Marshalling Yards
  • Mission 246 - Mar 21, 1945, Vreden, Germany, Road Junction
  • Mission 247 - Mar 22, 1945, Borken, Germany, Built Up Area and Flak Positions
  • Mission 248 - Mar 22, 1945, Borken, Germany, Built Up Area
  • Mission 256 - Mar 28, 1945, Ebrach, Germany, Oil Storage Depot
  • Mission 261 - Apr 4, 1945, Crailsheim, Germany, Barracks
  • Mission 262 - Apr 8, 1945, Munchen-Bernsdorf, Germany, Railroad Siding And Oil Storage Tanks
  • Mission 263 - Apr 8, 1945, Sondershausen, Germany, Road Junction and Built Up Area
  • Mission 264 - Apr 9, 1945, Amberg-Kummersbruck, Germany, Ordnance Depot
  • Mission 265 - Apr 9, 1945, Saalfeld, Germany, Marshalling Yards
  • Mission 275 - Apr 17, 1945, Magdenburg, Germany, Built Up Area
  • Mission 280 - Apr 21, 1945, Attang-Puchheim, Germany, Marshalling Yards
  • Mission 282 - Apr 25, 1945, Freilassing, Germany, Ordnance Depot
  • Mission 283 - Apr 26, 1945, Plattling, Germany, Landing Grounds
  • Mission 284 - May 1, 1945, Stod, Czechoslovakia, Ammunition Plant