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"Rude Invader"

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Serial #: 44-35752
Construction #:
  29031
Civil Registration:
  N8627E
  CF-KBZ
  C-FKBZ
  N81797
Model(s):
  A-26C
  B-26C
  TB-26C
Name: Rude Invader
Status: Stored
Last info: 2006
   History:
Delivered to USAAF as 44-35752m, 19??.
- To storage at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, Apr. 1958.
Rock Island Oil & Refining Co, Wichita, KS, 1966.
- Registered as N8627E.
- Planned conversion to Monarch 26 not completed.
- Open storage, unrestored, Hutchinson, KS.
Donaire Inc, Phoenix, AZ, 1969.
Thomas W. Hammon, Phoenix, AZ, 1970-1971.
Kenting Aircraft Ltd, Toronto, Ontario, June 1972-1973.
- Registered as CF-KBZ.
Conair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC, Aug. 1973-1988.
- Flew as tanker #27.
- Registered as C-FKBZ, 1979.
Canadian Warplane Heritage, Mount Hope, Ontario, Jan. 15, 1988-1989.
Courtesy Aircraft Inc, Rockford, IL, June 1989.
- Registered as N81797.
Vern Rayburn, Boston, MA, 1989-2006.
- Flew as 435752/Rude Invader, 1989.
- Withdrawn from use, stored Reilly Aviation, Kissimee, FL, 1991-2006.
Carolina Aviation Museum, Charlotte, NC, 2006.
- Donated by Vern Rayburn.
- Moved to NC, March 2006.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
 Photo Source(s):
Ross Henniger via Mike Henniger.
Mike Henniger, Chuck Gardner
Scott Rose - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003
Tim de Groot, Caz Caswell, Chuck Gardner