The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7) is an American light bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II. Designed to meet an Army Air Corps requirement for a bomber, it was ordered by France for their air force before the USAAC decided it would also meet their requirements.

2021年7月28日 · It carried a crew of three: the pilot, gunner, and bombardier. Depending on the variant, the A-20 could carry 2,000 pounds of bombs, and it often dropped a large array of different ordnance including torpedoes, bombs, incendiary bombs, and rockets. Workers groom lines of transparent noses for A-20 attack bombers.

2013年1月22日 · The Douglas A-20 Havoc was the most widely produced attack aircraft operated by the Army Air Force. It was also the first aircraft to be flown by American crews in the European theatre.

The A-20 Havoc entered service in 1941 and quickly became a key aircraft in the Allied arsenal during World War II. It was used extensively by the USAAF and the Royal Air Force (RAF) in a variety of roles, including low-level attack, night intruder missions, and ground support operations.

The Douglas A-20 Havoc was a light-bomber, attack and night-fighter and one of the first American aircraft to serve in World War II. First built during the late-1930s, the majority of Havocs served with the Soviets, with the next biggest operator being the US Army Air Force (USAAF), followed by Great Britain.

The American A-20 bombers were nicknamed Havoc following British naming scheme shortly after US entered WW2. The first operation involving A-20 Havoc bombers did not take place until 31 Aug 1942, when several of them engaged in an attack from Port Moresby against Japanese positions further north in Australian Papua on the island of New Guinea.

On July 4, 1942, six A-20s flown by American crews of the 15th Bombardment Squadron accompanied six flown by British crews on a low-altitude mission against four Dutch airfields, the first U.S. daylight bombing raid in Europe. The versatile A-20 was used in the Pacific, Middle East, North African, Russian, and European theaters.

Group crews flew 11 missions during the battle, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation. Although the group had been trained for low-level operations in the United States, General James H. Doolittle, the Twelfth Air Force commander, was an opponent of low-level operations and ordered that the A-20 and B-26 groups under his command operate as ...

The Douglas A-20 'Havoc' (company designation DB-7) was an American attack, light bomber, intruder and night fighter aircraft of World War II. It served with several Allied air forces, principally the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) , the Soviet Air Forces (VVS) , Soviet Naval Aviation (AVMF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) of the United ...

2022年2月21日 · The Havoc was a mid-wing, twin-engine, three-place medium bomber that earned a reputation for getting its crews home, even when both crew and aircraft suffered crippling blows.