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    Airframe Family: Douglas A-26/B-26/JD Invader
    Latest Model:Marksman
    Last Military Serial:44-34526 USAAF
    Construction Number:27805
    Last Civil Registration:N26AB
    Compressed ID:On Mark Engineering Marksman sn 44-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bella Charles, El Paso, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-26B-61-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, Califoria, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-34526.

    To unknown owner with c/r N9178Z.

    To A. M. Wheaton Glass Corp with new c/r N827W.

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-OFO.

    1961

    To E. T. S. Hokin Corp, San Francisco, CA with new c/r N551EH.

    1962

    Converted to a Marksman by On Mark Engineering at Van Nuys, Califoria, USA.

    23 April 1963

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL26AB (A-26, 27805) issued.

    1969

    To CWC Air Inc, Flushing, MI with new c/r N400V.

    1970

    To Certified Check (and) Title Corp, Wilkesboro, NY with new c/r N7977.

    1972

    To Twin Cities Aviation, Inc, Edina, MN keeping c/r N7977.

    1976

    To Dennis M. Sherman, West Palm Beach, FL, with new c/r N26AB.
    Operated with markings: Intimate Invader

    By October 1977

    Markings Applied: Intimate Invader

    October 1977


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: The ultimate A-26 corporate aircraft was the high performance On Mark Marksman with pressurised passenger cabin.This A-26 N26AB seen at Fort Lauderdale in October 1977 had some Marksman modifications, but not the deepened fuselage.Privately owned, it was painted in glossy grey pseudo USAF markings as Intimate Invader

    7 March 1988

    To Charles Bella, Chaparral, NM keeping c/r N26AB.

    26 June 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At El Paso International Airport, TX.

    26 June 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At El Paso International Airport, TX.

    From 1990 to 2002

    To Santa Teresa Airport/Dona Ana County Airport, El Paso, NM.
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    16 April 2005


    Photographer: John Meneely

    28 June 2013


    Photographer: Zane Adams
    Notes: Santa Teresa, NM

    28 June 2013


    Photographer: Zane Adams
    Notes: Santa Teresa, NM

    10 September 2016

    To Bella Charles, Chaparral, NM keeping c/r N26AB.

    29 May 2020

    Civil registration, N26AB, cancelled.

    9 June 2021

    To Bella Charles, El Paso, TX with new c/r N26AB.
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