eBay: Douglas A-20 Havoc

MIflyer · Sep 12, 2019

Note that in the last shot, Aircraft 62, it has the early insignia and the nose transparencies have been painted over with what looks like two additional machine guns installed.

Not also that on the earlier aircraft the carb air intake extends all the way to the lip of the cowl while on the later ones it is aft of the cowl. I am sure that simplified manufacturing and probably maintenance as well, but I wonder if there was a performance problem.

Snautzer01 · Sep 17, 2019

A-20 Havoc During Skip Bombing Training, Orlando Florida '43 | eBay

Snautzer01 · Sep 17, 2019

A-20 Havoc During Skip Bombing Training, Orlando Florida '43 II | eBay

fubar57 · Sep 17, 2019

varsity07840 · Sep 17, 2019

Snautzer01 said:
A-20 Havoc During Skip Bombing Training, Orlando Florida '43 | eBay

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The A/C above and on the far right in the 2nd photo is an A-20B, which normally utilized the carburetor air filter shown in the photo. It was a separate piece that could added to the intake behind the cowl. You can see the joint in the picture.The other aircraft are repossessed Lend Lease RAF DB-7 Bostons. in combat, A-20Bs were only used in North Africa and Italy.

MIflyer · Sep 17, 2019

There were were not a lot of A-20's seen after the war. In Europe when at least some of the USAAF units converted from A-20 to A-26, they flew their A-20's to an airfield in Scotland, got out of them with their engines still running and then gave them the power and ran them off the end of a cliff into the ocean.