[McCoy]

Douglas A-20C Havoc receivin' service at Langley Field, Virginia, 1942



Roughly the same place n' time but from the front by the same photographer I think.

[Tom Houlihan]

Looks like the same guys, but the one in jeans changed his headgear.

[McCoy]

Yes, it's clearly two staged photos.

[Gotthard Heinrici]

Fabulous aircraft all the same! There was a solid nosed version of this aircraft wasnt there?

[McCoy]

Yepp, there was a version that had the nose packed with guns that was used for skipbombing in the PTO.

[Whiterook]

Wow...never saw this one. What theater was it used in? And to what degree??

[Roddoss72]

Salutations All

The solid nose A-20 Havoc had a brace of 8 .50in Browning, and if memory serves some had 50mm anti tank guns as well.

Regards

Roddoss72:emperor:

[Whiterook]

It may be a silly question but, what kind of accuracy did the crews achieve with the 50mm?

[Jarda Rankl]

Solid nose A-20G.

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[SIGGY]

For a short while the A-20 also was a night fighter test aircraft, it has the solid nose with guns plus an underfuselage cannon package near the bombay area. I'm not sure if they were ever used in actual combat as a night fighter.

[SIGGY]

SIGGY said:

For a short while the A-20 also was a night fighter test aircraft, it has the solid nose with guns plus an underfuselage cannon package near the bombay area. I'm not sure if they were ever used in actual combat as a night fighter.

Since I posted this note I did a little research into the P-70 which was the night fighter version of the A-20, there was at least one unit that used them in combat, the 6th Night Fighter Squadron Det.6 in New Guinea.