B-26 Crashes After Engine Failure During Take Off Roll at 1993 Kankakee Air Festival

Took video shots of B-26 before the show started at the 1993 Kankakee Air Festival. Little did we know that during the take off roll, the right engine failed. and it crashed. The plane was heavily damaged, but the pilots walked away.

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[Sodnal]

Actually it's an A-26 and not a B-26.

[bendallsshredder]

Is this not a Douglas A 26 Invader?

[wirikuta14]

missed the money shot.

[michaelwright999]

@1bearcatf8f DID THEY ????

[TheRoadsnake]

they should have noticed that it wasnt producing full power and aborted the take off rotation

co-pilot or engineer was not paying attention to the engine gauges

[warp65]

From what i remember reading, the A26 invader was its designation up to 1948 when air command dropped the A ,attack and adopted B as the B26 invader, not to be confused with the Martin Marauder of the same code. So everyone is right A or B it is both!

Interestingly after reading a few posts about the Martin Marauder being a widow maker I wonder how many know it ended the war with the lowest loss rate of any USAAF bomber, go figure.

[flightisallright]

Yep, thats the Invader. I just wonder why they did not abort the take-off. On those old twin-engine planes, one engine doesn't seem to be powerful enough to climb.

[neomuttley]

The Widow Maker strikes again...

[P47THUNDERBOLTII]

No, it is a A-26. The B-26 was a larger plain. Look look it up on google in images you WILL see the difference. The B was the Marauder, the A-26 is the invader.

[rxprincess80]

No, it's the B26 Marauder, also known as The Baltimore Whore AND the Widow-Maker because of high landing speeds.

[lefdepord]

@bendallsshredder It is...