World War II 44-35708, Air Spray acquired this Invader from Raytheon Manufacturing (who used it in missile development) in 1976. Converted to a firebomber, the aircraft was withdrawn circa 2004 when the A-26 fleet was stored at Red Deer, AB.

This is ex USAAF 44-35708, which also served with the French AF for a few years in the 1950s as 435708. It became N5530V in 1963 and was converted to On Mark Marketeer and later used by Raytheon's Missile Division. Air Spray acquired it in 1976 and they largely undid the Marketeer conversion when they configured it as an airtanker. When this photo was shot it had just been sold to the Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum, and it was delivered to their Hillsboro, OR base in Oct 2006. It became N26PJ in Mar 2007.

During my visit to Red Deer in September 2005, 13 recently retired A-26 firebomber aircraft were parked on the ramp and were for sale for $100,000 each.