List of Douglas A-20 Havoc operators explained

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

Operators

Australia

• Royal Australian Air Force operated 69 Aircraft, 22 DB-7B, 9 A-20C, 9 A-20A and 29 A-20G
  • No. 22 Squadron RAAF^[1]

Brazil

• Brazilian Air Force operated 30 A-20K and 1 A-20C
  • 1st Bomb Group Light
  • 2nd Bomb Group Light

Canada

• Royal Canadian Air Force
  • No. 418 Squadron RCAF^[2]

France

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

Japan

Japanese forces captured some Dutch DB-7B's in Java.

• Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
• Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service

Netherlands

• Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force received only some of the DB-7Bs shipped in lieu of DC-7Cs actually ordered.

Poland

• Polish Air Force in Exile in Great Britain
  • No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron

South Africa

• South African Air Force
• 24 Squadron SAAF

USSR

Received 2,908 Douglas Havocs, or over one third of total production.

• Soviet Air Force
• Soviet Naval Air Service
  • The Soviet Naval Air Service's primary anti-shipping aircraft were Havoc A-20Gs armed with torpedoes and mines.^[3]

United Kingdom

• Royal Air Force^{[4] [5] [6]}
  • No. 13 Squadron RAF
  • No. 14 Squadron RAF
  • No. 18 Squadron RAF
  • No. 23 Squadron RAF
  • No. 55 Squadron RAF
  • No. 85 Squadron RAF
  • No. 88 Squadron RAF
  • No. 93 Squadron RAF
  • No. 107 Squadron RAF
  • No. 114 Squadron RAF
  • No. 226 Squadron RAF
  • No. 530 Squadron RAF
  • No. 531 Squadron RAF
  • No. 532 Squadron RAF
  • No. 533 Squadron RAF
  • No. 534 Squadron RAF
  • No. 535 Squadron RAF
  • No. 536 Squadron RAF
  • No. 537 Squadron RAF
  • No. 538 Squadron RAF (formerly No. 1459 Flight RAF) - Turbinlite
  • No. 539 Squadron RAF
  • No. 605 Squadron RAF

United States

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

See also

• Douglas A-20 Survivors

Notes and References

1. Web site: A28 Douglas Boston. 2007. RAAF Museum. https://web.archive.org/web/20080726125103/http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/aircraft/series2/A28.htm. 2008-07-26. dead. 2009-06-14.
2. Book: Kostenuk. S.. Griffin. J.. RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft: 1924–1968. Samuel Stevens, Hakkert & Co.. Toronto, ON. 1977. 978-0888665775. 110–111.
3. Web site: 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 . 16 May 2008 . 5 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080405152654/http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/articles/sterlikov/index.htm . dead .
4. Book: Thetford, Owen. Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57. 1st . Putnam . London. 1957.
5. Web site: RAF Fighter Command Index . 2007-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070720025530/http://www.rafcommands.com/Fighter/indexF.html . 2007-07-20 .
6. Web site: RAF Bomber Command Index . 2007-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927171957/http://www.rafcommands.com/Bomber/88B.html . 2007-09-27 .