List of Douglas A-20 Havoc operators

Main article: Douglas A-20 Havoc

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

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

1. "A28 Douglas Boston". RAAF Museum. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
2. Kostenuk, S.; Griffin, J. (1977). RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft: 1924–1968. Toronto, ON: Samuel Stevens, Hakkert & Co. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-0888665775.
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". Archived from the original on 5 April 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
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.