douglasa20havoc

Pilot & gunner of A-20G "Milly" of the 3rd BG. There's another name painted forward of the group emblem, but it's difficult to make out... the second word looks like a variant of "Katrina."

A-20G-20-DO "Powerful Katrinka" 42-86713 13th BS

A big Homer Simpson "Whoo-HOOOOOO!!!" for furnishing the proper name, assigned squadron AND the serial number - thanks very much!

My Dad was in the 3rd Attack Group (aka 3rd BG) as a navigator and bombardier with the 90th Squadron. 52 missions. The 3rd consisted of the 8th, 13th, 89th, and 90th Squadrons. All but the 8th flew A-20s until near the end of WW II. The 3rd was known as the Grim Reapers with the logo known as Oscar. Oscar was also the logo for the 13th as displayed on Powerful Katrinka. My Dad's leather A-2 jacket had Oscar on the left breast, and the 90th's logo "Pair-O-Dice" on the right breast. The dice showed two natural 7's and snake eyes.

41-19376 code 289 Douglas A-20C Havoc

Aircraft ( both of them ) are B-26 Marauder bombers, built by the Glenn L. Martin Company at Baltimore, MD. A very tricky aircraft to learn to fly, but tough and effective in combat. The most famous surviving example of the type is "Flak-Bait", which is currently ( April 2015 ) under restoration at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center at Chantilly, VA.

Ed Dempsey Thank you

These are actually Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft (likely A-20B). The identifying features in this photo are the fully glazed nose on the aircraft in the background (only the nose cone was glazed on the Martin B-26 Marauder), and the extended carburetor scoop on the leading edge of the engine cowling (typical of the A-20B) of the aircraft in the foreground. (The Martin B-26 Marauder typically featured TWO scoops on each engine cowling at the 11 O'Clock and 2 O'Clock positions) See: 131st Bomb Wing (USAF) www.131bw.ang.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/2013/06/... See also from the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF): www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2965 www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/051...

good photo