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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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  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • 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.

23_0025552 Convair Negative Image

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  • Terry Fletcher said:
    N94209 msn 16