A Douglas A-26 Invader, photographed nose-on to highlight its formidable eight-gun 'gun-nose' armament package. Fast, rugged, and hard-hitting, the A-26 served as one of the U.S. Army Air Forces' premier light attack bombers in the closing years of World War II, and its low-altitude strafing and bombing capability kept it in frontline service, redesignated B-26, through the Korean War. Project: 218472