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23_0025552 Convair Negative Image

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  • Terry Fletcher said:
    N94209 msn 16

A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 [i.e., B-25] attack bomber is brought for a test hop to the flight line at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company (LOC)

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  • Mario S said:
    I love all these pictures. But I just wanted to represent for my profession. Line Service baby! In history forever.
  • Flyer31 said:
    These are B-25's NOT A-20 Havocs. Easy to spot difference is the tail assembly. B-25 has a twin tail. A-20 had a single tail. Note: The A-20 also had the nickname: Widow Maker
  • Mitch Chapman said:
    "Widow Maker" was a nickname for the Martin B-26 Marauder: www.flickr.com/photos/hawk914/533638778/ When introduced the B-26 had a comparatively high accident rate. Those who flew it noted that early models had a problem with runaway propellers (constant speed props failing to flat pitch at takeoff): www.b26.com/page/shop_talk.htm
  • perfgeek said:
    I suspect there have been several aircraft called "widow maker" over the years :) Thankfully, my father survived the A-20 quite well :) I do think that the term Widow Maker might have been applied to the night fighter version of the A-20, or perhaps its successor. One was IIRC the P-60, the other the P-71 and I can never remember which was which.
  • Mitchel25J (69 plus million Views Thank You ) said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called North American B-25 Mitchells, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group. These are B-25C on the North American Company line.

23_0006557 Convair Negative Image

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  • Eagle0025 said:
    CV-880-22-1, s/n 22-00-05/5. To Northeast Airlines (on lease from TWA) 21 January 1961 as N8478H. Returned to TWA 11 September 1963 as N804TW. WFU 24 October 1973 at Kansas City, MO and scrapped 1979.