A-20 Havoc

**McCoy** · May 20th, 2008 6:13 AM

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** · May 20th, 2008 6:41 AM

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

**McCoy** · May 20th, 2008 6:45 AM

Yes, it's clearly two staged photos.

**Gotthard Heinrici** · May 20th, 2008 7:10 AM

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

**McCoy** · May 20th, 2008 7:11 AM

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

**Whiterook** · May 25th, 2008 10:20 PM

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

**Roddoss72** · May 26th, 2008 1:37 AM

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

**Whiterook** · May 26th, 2008 11:40 AM

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

**Jarda Rankl** · December 12th, 2008 3:33 PM

Solid nose A-20G.

**SIGGY** · July 30th, 2009 8:54 PM

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.