Douglas Boston

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The Douglas Boston was an American World War II light bomber and attack aircraft, known in British service as the Boston and Havoc, that saw extensive use in bombing, ground-attack, and night-fighter roles.

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Label Occurrences
Douglas Boston canonical 16

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military aircraft ⓘ
attack aircraft ⓘ
light bomber aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory twin-engine bomber ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration mid-wing monoplane ⓘ
twin-engine ⓘ
aircraftFamily Douglas DB-7 series ⓘ
linked to: Douglas DB-7
aircraftRole attack aircraft ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
light bomber ⓘ
night fighter ⓘ
alsoDesignatedAs A-20 Havoc ⓘ
linked to: Douglas A-20 Havoc
armamentType bombs ⓘ
cannons ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
rockets ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
designedAs light bomber ⓘ
developedFrom Douglas DB-7 ⓘ
enteredServicePeriod early 1940s ⓘ
historicalSignificance widely used Allied light bomber in World War II ⓘ
knownInBritishServiceAs Boston ⓘ
Havoc ⓘ
manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ
notableFeature good low-level performance ⓘ
high speed for its class ⓘ
operatedBy Free French Air Forces ⓘ
linked to: Free French Forces

Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
powerplantType piston engine ⓘ
primaryUsers Royal Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
productionPeriod late 1930s to mid-1940s ⓘ
serviceEntryEra World War II ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
usedBy Allied air forces ⓘ
usedFor bombing missions ⓘ
ground-attack missions ⓘ
night-fighter missions ⓘ
usedInConflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
usedInTheater Eastern Front ⓘ
European theatre of World War II ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fairey Battle → successor → Douglas Boston ⓘ
No. 264 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Douglas Boston ⓘ
No. 226 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Douglas Boston ⓘ
No. 6 Squadron RAAF → aircraftOperated → Douglas Boston ⓘ
No. 2 Group RAF → aircraftTypeOperated → Douglas Boston ⓘ
subject linked to: 2 Group
No. 418 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Douglas Boston ⓘ
No. 464 Squadron RAAF → aircraftOperated → Douglas Boston ⓘ
Douglas DB-7 → developedInto → Douglas Boston ⓘ
No. 21 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Douglas Boston ⓘ
RAF Bradwell Bay → aircraftOperated → Douglas Boston ⓘ
RAF Swanton Morley → aircraftOperated → Douglas Boston ⓘ
RAF Hunsdon → aircraftOperated → Douglas Boston ⓘ
RAF Warmwell → aircraftOperated → Douglas Boston ⓘ
No. 223 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Douglas Boston ⓘ