Boston and A-20 in Soviet service

Updated on January 17, 2021

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DB-7/Havoc/Boston/A-20

evolution

 

B-3 and A-20G in Soviet service

and their modifications

 

Painting

of B-3 and A-20G

with drawings of Tapani Tuomanen

A-20B

in Soviet service

with profiles of Tapani Tuomanen

Boston III/A-20C

in Soviet service

with profiles of Tapani Tuomanen

A-20G

in VVS service

(as bombers)

with profiles of Tapani Tuomanen

A-20G

in Soviet Navy service

(as bombers and torpedo bombers)

with profiles of Tapani Tuomanen

A-20G

in Long Range Aviation service

(as night fighters and intruders)

with profiles of Tapani Tuomanen

A-20J/K

in Soviet service

with profiles of Tapani Tuomanen

 

 

Credits:

Tapani Tuomanen for drawings the profiles and collecting part of the images;

Daniele Righi for the massive assistance in collecting documents and for their automatic translations;

Aleksandrs Ruchkovskis, Dimitri Linevitch and Wladyslaw Arhipov for their assistance in collecting and commenting images.

 

Bibliography:

Red Stars 1, of Geust, Keskinen, Stenman, ed.Apali: good photos of all types in Soviet service, some for each type

Red stars 4, of Geust and Petrov, ed. Apali: good photos of all Lend-lease types; wide file of photos of Boston/A-20 in Soviet service.

Airwar 92 A-20 Boston/Havoc: Russian monograph that collects a considerable amount of material from other sources.

Bostony v Sovetskom Soyuze of Vladimir Kotelnikov: most important reference book about this type in Soviet service.

Squadron Signal in action 144 A-20 Havoc. Good monograph in English, particularly useful to see the differences between versions. Not much things on Soviet service.

Typy Broni n°108 - Samolot bombowy Boston (Havoc): Small old Polish monograph with some interesting details.

Profile 202 - Douglas A-20 (7A to Boston III) old monograph about the early versions, particularly in British service.

Camouflage and Markings 10 - Douglas Boston Havoc old monograph about the early versions, particularly in British service.

Squadrons! n.39- the Douglas Boston & Havoc: the intruders, of Phil H. Listemann: excellent monograph on early service in the RAF. Nothing on Soviet use.

 

Links:

http://ava.org.ru/index.htm reference site with photos of Soviet planes classified by unit. A-20s and B-3 appear on these pages:

http://ava.org.ru/bap/9gm.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/1gm.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/22g.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/26g.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/27g.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/126g.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/260.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/277.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/367.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/36m.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/449.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/452.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/453.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/48.htm


http://ava.org.ru/bap/57.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/640.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/861.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/970.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/8g.htm
http://ava.org.ru/bap/9gm.htm

http://ava.org.ru/rap/108e.htm
http://ava.org.ru/rap/16.htm
http://ava.org.ru/rap/164g.htm
http://ava.org.ru/rap/30m.htm
http://ava.org.ru/rap/48g.htm

http://www.joebaugher.com/usattack/a20.html reference historical site on A-20s, part of a monumental site on US planes and more.

https://vvsairwar.com/2018/01/09/the-douglas-a-20-havoc-boston-in-soviet-service/ history of Boston in Soviet service

http://www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/douglas_a20_havoc/douglas_a20_havoc.html page with serials and destinations of an extremely wide amount of A-20s

https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/a-20/a-20_all.shtml page on A-20s with lots of details, walkarounds, kit reviews etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc page on Wikipedia

http://legendsintheirowntime.com/LiTOT/A20/A20_index.html page with links to technical images

https://paulbudzik.com/models/amt-a20-Havoc/amt-a20-havoc-build-pg2.html page with good details of the cockpit and defensive MG

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/1-48-a-20g-havoc.27750/ page on building an 1/48 model

https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.php?aircraft_id=186 historical introduction to the type

Red army air force radar fighters excellent article in Russian about Soviet fighters with radar

http://hist.rloc.ru/lobanov/3_02.htm excellent article in Russian about Soviet fighters with radar

https://www.flickr.com/photos/8270787@N07/albums/72157605269786717 : collection of good color photos of Commonwealth planes, included many British and S.A. Bostons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease about the lend-lease program

Page 2 of USSR optical devices about bomb sights

http://scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewtopic_t_8272.html page with many informations and a conversion of a model into a SovietNavy A-20G, in Russian

https://bellabs.ru/51/index.html archive of texts and images about 51 MTAB

https://bellabs.ru/51/Photos/_Equipment.html#Part02 Photo archive

https://zaika70.livejournal.com/2021/12/16/ Blog of historical photos with rare wartime images.

 

Disclaimer: this work collects a lot of photos and drawings from many sources, not always identified and mentioned.
If someone has rights on the images reproduced here, please don't feel hurted, email to me and I shall provide to remove or to credit them.