Douglas A-20 Havoc, from the factory to the field ...

[Mark Allen M]

Another request for some factory photos ... Sources SDASM archives, Library of Congress archives.

Part 1


Experienced assembly line workers contribute to the production of A-20 attack bombers in a Douglas Plant c 1943


Douglas A-20 attack bombers in a Douglas Plant c 1943


Douglas Plant c 1943


Douglas Plant c 1943


Douglas Plant c 1943


Douglas A-20A No. 3 (U.S. Air Force photo)

[Mark Allen M]

Part 2


Douglas A-20 Havoc factory new.


Left side panel of Douglas A-20C-DO (SN 41-19462) cockpit. (U.S. Air Force photo)


Right side panel (lower forward) of Douglas A-20C-DO (SN 41-19462) cockpit. (U.S. Air Force photo)


Front panel of Douglas A-20C-DO (SN 41-19462) cockpit, taken July 22, 1942. (U.S. Air Force photo)


Right side panel of Douglas A-20C-DO (SN 41-19462) cockpit. (U.S. Air Force photo)


Left side panel (lower forward) of Douglas A-20C-DO (SN 41-19462) cockpit. (U.S. Air Force photo)


Douglas A-20B cockpit, taken March 2 1942 during a modification test program showing installation of a torpedo director and firing switch. (U.S. Air Force photo)

[makin' boost]

I love the original factory photos, soooo cool.

Thanks for sharing ...................

[Mark Allen M]

Part 3


Close-up of Douglas A-20C-10-DO (SN 42-33253) Dina Mite, formerly RAF Boston III AL 331. (U.S. Air Force photo)


Douglas A-20C-10-DO (SN 42-33253) Dina Mite. (U.S. Air Force photo)


Close-up of Douglas A-20G-35-DO (SN 43-9919). Note the extended range ferry tank mounted in the bomb bay. (U.S. Air Force photo)


Douglas A-20G-35-DO (SN 43-9919). (U.S. Air Force photo)


Douglas A-20G-45-DO (SN 43-22200). (U.S. Air Force photo)


RAF Boston III equipped with rocket launchers on the outboard wings. (U.S. Air Force photo)


RAF Boston III rocket detail. Note the engine exhaust flash suppressor. (U.S. Air Force photo)


Douglas A-20G-20-DO No. 57 (SN 42-86657) in flight. (U.S. Air Force photo)


A-20A Havoc bomber of US 58th Bomb Squadron flying over Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 29 May 1941

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Part 4


89th BS A-20A "heck & Fire" 3 Mile Strip Port Moresby c 1943


89th BS A-20A over the harbor at Port Moresby c 1943


A-20G 39476 3rd BG 89th BS "Little Isadore" c 1944


417th BG A-20G "Green Hornet" S/N 43-9407


312th BG A-20G Hollandia Dutch New Guinea c 1944











312th Bomb Group Personnel

[Mark Allen M]

Part 5


A-20G Havoc of the 312th Bomb Group, the “Roarin’ 20s,” flying above burning Japanese barges off New Guinea, 1944


A-20 Havoc aircraft of US V Bombing Command targeting Japanese airfield of Ki-48 bombers, at Hollandia, New Guinea, 1942


A-20 Havoc USAAF 3rd Attack Group 13th Bomb Squadron strafes Maru Tadji New Guinea 1943.

[AG pilot]

Another fabulous series of images!

[Mark Allen M]

Talk to the management!! It's not me spelling it that way.

[Mark Allen M]

This is an interesting photo as it shows early war period F4F's with a later war period B-24. Not sure the story here but I've not seen any thing like this scene before.

[SaxMan]

What's the story on the pic of Douglas A-20G-45-DO (SN 43-22200)?

It looks like all the guns have been removed, and the fact that it's serial number starts with "0" on the tail is a designation that the plane is more than 10 years old (IIRC), so it would have been taken in 1954 at the earliest. Then it is marked "U.S. Army", although the Air Force had been in existence for several years at this point.

Is this one of the survivors? It would seem if an airframe managed to survive the mass scrappings after World War II, the odds of the airframe still being around are pretty decent.

[flightsimer]

Great photos!

I wish we still had the A-20H in our hangar... If it was up to me, it would be painted up as the green hornet, even though that was a G model. Something about the Green Hornets paint scheme that just looks right.

[C VEICH]

What's the story on the pic of Douglas A-20G-45-DO (SN 43-22200)?

It looks like all the guns have been removed, and the fact that it's serial number starts with "0" on the tail is a designation that the plane is more than 10 years old (IIRC), so it would have been taken in 1954 at the earliest. Then it is marked "U.S. Army", although the Air Force had been in existence for several years at this point.

Is this one of the survivors? It would seem if an airframe managed to survive the mass scrappings after World War II, the odds of the airframe still being around are pretty decent.

Pretty sure that's the USAFM A-20 at Dayton but Google would know for certain.

[Mark Allen M]

What's the story on the pic of Douglas A-20G-45-DO (SN 43-22200)?

It looks like all the guns have been removed, and the fact that it's serial number starts with "0" on the tail is a designation that the plane is more than 10 years old (IIRC), so it would have been taken in 1954 at the earliest. Then it is marked "U.S. Army", although the Air Force had been in existence for several years at this point.

Is this one of the survivors? It would seem if an airframe managed to survive the mass scrappings after World War II, the odds of the airframe still being around are pretty decent.

Pretty sure that's the USAFM A-20 at Dayton but Google would know for certain.

Yes this is the CA-20 transport that was restored as an A-20G and is on display at the NMUSAF

[mike furline]

What's the story on the pic of Douglas A-20G-45-DO (SN 43-22200)?

It looks like all the guns have been removed, and the fact that it's serial number starts with "0" on the tail is a designation that the plane is more than 10 years old (IIRC), so it would have been taken in 1954 at the earliest. Then it is marked "U.S. Army", although the Air Force had been in existence for several years at this point.

Is this one of the survivors? It would seem if an airframe managed to survive the mass scrappings after World War II, the odds of the airframe still being around are pretty decent.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a20regis ... 22200.html

[Mark Allen M]

Part 6


A-20C Rear Gunners position


Russian A-20's


Russian A-20's


Russian A-20