A-26 had to be one of the coolest designs of all our WWII aircraft. They just looked mean enough to scare you. I was 15-20 miles from the Ho Chi Minh trail up in the central highlands. I had the good fortune to see a few of them, as well as the “Spads”.
Sometimes old tools are still the best tools to get a job done right.
We had A-1E’s flying escort for the C-123’s....low and slow. We were about 30 miles from Laos...
Sometimes old tools are still the best tools to get a job done right.
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Like 60 year old B-52’s. The B-26’s were less than half that age when the were used in Vietnam.