A-20 in the UK

A-20

Havent some chaps got an A-20 in the UK already???? I’m sure that i saw something about it in Wrecks and Relics… good luck to em – fab looking aeroplane….

Gun shot damage.

In the fin – buckshot.

In the rear fuselage, but only on my still to be processed 35mm,
the entry and exit evidence of aerial combat is fully visible.

Mark

Originally posted by chuck yeager
cheers mark

Are they genuine ww2 bullet holes or has someone been taking pot shots?

I would plumb for the ruskie with a shotgun 😉

That’s absolutely stunning! Thanks for the photos Mark.

On the subject of A20’s, do the remains of the A20 which was recovered from Snowdonia still exist?

“Mark”

Thanks – Methinks I need to consult my 2 Land Lease books as this one probbably diverted from RAF order (as a Boston IIIA) so it MAY have had a ‘UK serial’ as well. But of course it never served with the RAF as such

cheers mark

Are they genuine ww2 bullet holes or has someone been taking pot shots?

Well said that man…..

Originally posted by Mark12

There are some, and I include myself, that can get quite excited just studying these pieces. I believe they. selectively. could grace the exhibition space in any number of museums just as they are.

Mark

Couldn’t agree more.

Err……2015?……do you know something we don’t;)

Paul,

Looking through the ‘Red Stars 4’ book, where there are many photos of Russian A-20’s, a shot with a 119128 in black looks to fit the closest.

Therefore I think it is (4)1-19393.
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Chuck Yeager,

In 2004 I believe you don’t start on a project like this. Men of vision go out on adventures and collect this stuff and they and others will be the custodians for a period, perhaps as long as 20 years. Then when the time is right it will happen and we should be grateful to them. Aircraft preservation and restoration will not end in 2015.

There are some, and I include myself, that can get quite excited just studying these pieces. I believe they, selectively, could grace the exhibition space in any number of museums just as they are.

Mark

How do you go about restoring something like that? is it a case of getting the data plates and starting afresh or stripping it for usefull bits?

“Mark”

Thanks for sharing these pictures with us

Is that

A-20C 41-19393 Douglas A-20C Havoc ?? (it looks like a 11 at the front?’

Another possibility is 43-9393 – Douglas A-20G-25-DO Havoc

But I ‘think’ I can see a 11

Paul

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