List of Douglas A-20 Havoc operators

List of A-20 Havoc operators identifies the country, military service, and unit that has been supplied or purchased A-20s.

RAF Boston III from No. 88 Squadron RAF over Dieppe Harbour, 1942

Operators

 Australia

Royal Australian Air Force

69 Aircraft, 22 DB-7B A28-1 to A28-22, 9 A-20C A28-23 to A28-31, 9 A-20A A28-32 to A28-40 and 29 A-20G A28-50 to A28-78 (A28-41 to A28-49 not used)

 Brazil

Brazilian Air Force

31 aircraft, 30 A-20K and 1 A-20C

    • 1st Bomb Group Light
    • 2nd Bomb Group Light

 Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force

 France

French Air Force

No. 342 Sqn RAF (Free French)Boston III/IV

 Japan

Japanese forces captured a few Dutch aircraft (DB-7B's) in Java.

Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service

 Netherlands

Netherlands East Indies

 Poland

Polish Air Force in Exile in Great Britain

 South Africa

South African Air Force

 Soviet Union

Soviet Air Force
Soviet Naval Air Service

The USSR received 2,908 Douglas Havocs; over one third of production. The Soviet Air Force (VVS) often rearmed them with Soviet turrets and weapons. In one instance, a Havoc was downed over the Gulf of Finland with a female gunner. Women primarily served in the VVS in three official regiments but some served in otherwise all-male units.[2]

The Soviet Naval Air Service's primary anti-shipping aircraft were Havoc A-20Gs fitted to drop torpedoes and mines.[3]

 United Kingdom

Royal Air Force [4][5][6]

 United States

United States Army Air Corps
United States Army Air Forces
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy

See also

Notes

  1. "A28 Douglas Boston". RAAF Museum. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  2. Hardesty, Von (1991) [1982]. "At Full Stride". Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet Air Power 1941-1945. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 193. ISBN 0-87474-510-1. ...over the Gulf of Finland on May 5, 1943, when the Luftwaffe downed a Lend-Lease Havoc A-20, the Germans were considerably shocked to discover that the three-member crew included a woman—a gunner.
  3. Lend-Lease on airforce.ru. Conversation with the maintenance chief of an A-20G Boston of the 51st MTAP (Mine-Torpedo Air Regiment), Nikolay Alekseevich Sterlikov (regiment commander's aircraft, serial number 43-10067, tail number 51) Moscow, 29 December 2002
  4. Thetford, Owen (1957). Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57 (1st ed.). London: Putnam.
  5. "RAF Fighter Command Index". Archived from the original on 2007-07-20. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
  6. "RAF Bomber Command Index". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
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