Douglas A-20 Havoc - DB-7 Boston
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- The Douglas A-20 - DB-7 Havoc was a family of attack, light bomber and night fighter aircraft of World War II, serving several Allied air forces, principally those of the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States. The DB-7 was also used by the air forces of Australia, South Africa, France, and The Netherlands during the war, and Brazil afterwards. For more on this aircraft and many others, pay us a visit on www.aircraftube... (you may comment over there, so please do!)
Le Douglas A-20 Havoc (en français "ravage") est un bombardier léger américain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale aussi connu sous les noms DB-7 et Boston. Mis en service en 1941, ce bombardier léger fut construit en grand nombre jusqu'en 1944. Le DB-7 était un puissant avion d'attaque, agréable à piloter et aussi rapide que les chasseurs de son époque. Malheureusement il n'a jamais eut la notoriété qu'il méritait. C'était pourtant un avions sans défaut et polyvalent (bombardement diurne, nocturne, chasse de nuit, attaque à la torpille...) qui avait la réputation de ramener son équipage à la maison quel que soit son état. La suite sur cet avion et plus encore sur www.aircraftube... (N'hésitez pas à y placer vos commentaires et expériences!)
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I like the point he made about checklists. It's true to this day. No matter how many hours you've logged in a type, every time you go flying you carefully and deliberately go over every step of the checklist as though it were the first time you've ever done it.
Treetop64 wrong.
Amen brother...when I fly my checklist binder is strapped to my right thigh! 😎
My father flew in them in WWII. He was in the twelvth army AF. They fley in N Africa, Scicily, Italy, and Britian. He had nine battle clusters.
The most Under appreciated Allied bomber of the war- Very nice plane !!!
I read an account years ago about a wounded B-17 struggling to get back to England after a bombing mission. This B-17 was being mauled by a 109 when suddenly a A-20 pops out of the clouds and makes a diving pass at the 109 then flies off. Apparently it wounded the 109, as the it broke off the attack.
Wow, thats Fantastic I hope those B-17 guys bought them drinks !!!
Flown by the 5th Air Force USAC, 3rd BG in the SWP theatre. Deadly.....
Withab BJ Fantastic, Thank you
most used
One of my favorite planes. Very versatile, very fast, and very destructive.
That is true...
Jacob Mason, pilots said this plane could take stress of a fighter
The opening film is of RAF 342 'Lorraine' Squadron flown and looked after by Free French air and ground crew, as can be seen by uniforms and aircraft insignia. If the film is taken in the period October 1943 to May 1944 it is quite likely that the pilot of aircraft registration 'A' (second seen leaving) is my father. Indeed, the opening sequence of pilot departing to enter the cockpit looks remarkably like him. Please do you have any further details on this film?
+rminost Amazing!
Vous n'auriez pas d'autres renseignements sur ce film svp? Je monte une exposition des exploits de mon pere dams une musee d'aviation en Angleterre qui s'appelle le 'Wings'. Peut-on prendre contacte a ce sujet? Remerciements, Roger Minost
Non, malheureusement, désolé...
Est ce que vous pourriez me fournir une copie svp?
Vous pouvez télécharger le film directement sur youtube. Moi, j'utilise l'extension "RUclips Video and Audio Downloader" sous Firefox
My dad was a mechanic he worked on A20 in England and also France
The Brits were darn GLAD to get a ship of this character!!
"The Way to the Stars, also known as Johnny in the Clouds, is a 1945 war drama film made by Two Cities Films and released by United Artists, that prominently features RAF Bostons."
"All the French DB-7As, improved DB-7 version, were delivered to the RAF, where they were given the name Havoc II and converted to night fighter role. Eventually British Purchasing Commission ordered a British version that was designated DB-7B, RAF named it Boston III."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc#Specifications_(A-20G-20-DO)
I actually learned quite a few valuable things from this for a flightsim I play, hah!
I had just finished watching the "how to fly" video on the P-61 before I watched this one. I was very impressed in regards to single engine performance and allowed flight maneuvers with the P-61 (allowed to bank into the side with the "dead" engine). The restrictions noted here with the A-20 makes me wonder. Perhaps since the P-61 came around at the end of the war it was a much more developed aircraft.
@Dan R...the p-61 was an entirely different aircraft...built to different specs...and although the p-61 was pretty impressive, it did not compare with the Mosquito...by a long shot.
with these bomber twins radial engines,B25 , B26 and others,at the tactics bomers, angloamerican task air force, atack to germany grups ,Wermach und Panzer
divisionen, with many bombs. That is de true history
My Dad was an enlisted crew member on an A 20 in n. Africa during WWII. would like to find people from that time.
The 25 "British" Bostons referred to at 6:05, were of course those of the SAAF (South African Air Force).
Jimbob Jones ”the british send over 100 sorties daily” not ”these are british people”
Looks like an early model A-20 as it has the fixed gun rear gun (not the turret found in the Gs and Ks)
I fly the A20 in the online war game "Aces High" all the time. Superb for fast in and fast out sneak attacks. Sure, there is an element of unrealism as it's a game, but they try to stick to real world physics as close as possible.
Acs High still exists? I flew them in Battleground Europe with not so much success ;)
Oh it does, its on V3 now.
Try war thunder
Did it in Pac Fighters IL-2, A-20 long range missions over Papua New guinea and sometimes i flew escort missions for A-20 with P-39 or P-40. It was a lot of fun also the trip to the target and back to the Base was boring because i flew without autopilot.
Mixed up with some Hurricane wing (3:30), Blendheim (3:32), Whitley (3:35), Hurricane (3:36), Maryland (3:54) and Baltimore (3:55) pictures...
Just after 4:00 I'm pretty sure the pilot was "Blackjack" Walker flying an Australian Beaufighter.
You have to love that 1940's propaganda films.
I'd be interested to know the source of the second segment footage, because it certainly sounds like Douglas advertising.
I all ways wondered why they had a ground style camo when most of their time was over water
The topside camouflage is mainly to allow grounded planes to be camouflaged in the Woods So they are harder to spot by enemys attacking the airfield
Why did it take so long for engineers to realize that tricycle landing gears are better than taildraggers?
+likemynewname Because weight was much more of a problem in the early days, as engines did not deliver enough power...
+likemynewname weight and complexity and the nose wheel well would take up a lot of space forward of the CG
I believe, that it had more to do with unimproved runways, with grass being the norm. Those of us who do fly trikes through mud and potholes, know how tender the nosewheel is. Another reason why we developed the soft field taxi technique, by blowing the tail down to save not only the nose gear, but the very expensive firewall it is bolted to!
Is this A 20 Havoc or an A 26 B invader, Both look very similar?
Scott Robitaille when the USAAF became USAF shortly after ww2 TheA20morphed into TheA26
Scott Robitaille, A 20 Havock, Pratt Whitney R-2600, 1700 HP. Top speed 370 MPH, cruise speed 280 MPH, 130 gallons fuel per hour use. One pilot, one Gunner.
Nothing on the P-70