ICM 1/48 Douglas B-26K Counter Invader USAF Vietnam War Attack Aircraft # 48279

The Douglas A-26 Invader (B-26 between 1948 and 1965) is a twin-engined light bomber and ground assault aircraft designed by Douglas.

The Douglas Aircraft Company built the Invader during WWII, and it served in several significant Cold War engagements.

Until 1969, a small number of heavily modified US Air Force planes served in Southeast Asia.

It was a speedy plane that could carry a lot of bombs.

A variety of armaments might be installed to make a formidable ground-attack plane.

The Douglas A-26 was renamed B-26 to avoid confusion with the Martin B-26 Marauder, which first flew in November 1940, over 20 months before the Douglas design.

Despite the fact that both aircraft were powered by the widely used Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp eighteen-cylinder, double-row radial engine, the Martin bomber was a completely different and separate design, with nearly twice as many Marauders (nearly 5,300) produced in comparison to the Douglas design.