>>64222871
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Wrong.
A-26 Invader was a light/medium bomber given the 'A' designation in USAAC's World War II era system, same as the A-20 predecessor. (It had more power and a heavier 4,000 lb-class payload so it could ? be classified as a ''medium" bomber but the 'light'/'medium bomber' nomenclature was abandoned soon after WWII with the development of jets and multi-role combat aircraft)
Like the A-20 the A-26 was built in the B and C variants which had a gun nose and clear perspex bombardier nose, respectively.
Its bomb load capacity and powerplants gave it the capability, performance of a typical WWII medium bomber (such as the Mosquito or B-26 Marauder <--which it shared same engines with).
In Korea the C variant was used for night bombing missions. (aka level bombing from low/medium altitude) After 1947 the 'A' designation was changed by USAF to 'B' (and the older B-26 Marauder was retired hence confusion sometimes between the two types), it was still a relatively modern and new piston engine type so kept in service through the 1950s, and even resurrected as the heavily modified B-26K for Indochina. Many other small countries used the A-26/B-26 Invader and it was also a favorite of covert action/contract missions (Bay of Pigs, Farm Gate) throughout the 1950s and 60s
