Introduction
North American Aircraft produced a relatively unknown ground attack and dive bomber called the Invader or A-36 during World War II. This was a brother to the North American P-51 Mustang however it had rectangular, slatted dive brakes above and below the wing.
It served from 1942-1944 in North Africa, Mediterranean, Italy and the China-Burma-India theaters.
North American built 500 of the A-36 Apache which were used by the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) which were retired in 1945.