Douglas A-20 Havoc

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The Douglas A-20 Havoc was an American World War II-era light bomber and attack aircraft widely used for low-level bombing, ground attack, and night-fighter missions by several Allied air forces.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Douglas A-20 Havoc canonical 10
A-20 Havoc 7
Douglas A-20 (in U.S. service) 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military aircraft ⓘ
attack aircraft ⓘ
light bomber ⓘ
alliedCodename Havoc ⓘ
armament defensive machine guns ⓘ
forward-firing machine guns ⓘ
internal bomb load ⓘ
bombLoad approximately 900 kg of bombs ⓘ
up to 2,000 lb of bombs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
designation A-20 ⓘ
linked to: A-20 Havoc
engineType air-cooled radial piston engine ⓘ
firstFlight 1939 ⓘ
height approximately 17 ft 7 in ⓘ
length approximately 48 ft ⓘ
manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 317 mph ⓘ
approximately 510 km/h ⓘ
nickName Boston ⓘ
Havoc ⓘ
numberBuilt over 7,000 ⓘ
powerplant 2 × Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone radial engines ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
productionEnd 1944 ⓘ
productionStart 1939 ⓘ
range approximately 1,025 miles ⓘ
approximately 1,650 km ⓘ
role ground attack aircraft ⓘ
light bomber ⓘ
night fighter ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 23,700 ft ⓘ
approximately 7,200 m ⓘ
serviceEntry 1941 ⓘ
successor Douglas A-26 Invader ⓘ
theaterOfOperations European Theater of Operations ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
usedBy Free French Air Forces ⓘ
linked to: Free French Forces

Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
usedFor ground attack ⓘ
low-level bombing ⓘ
night-fighter missions ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
wingspan approximately 61 ft 4 in ⓘ

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

Douglas Aircraft Company → notableProduct → Douglas A-20 Havoc ⓘ
Far Eastern Air Forces → aircraftTypeUsed → A-20 Havoc ⓘ
linked to: Douglas A-20 Havoc
Douglas Boston → alsoDesignatedAs → A-20 Havoc ⓘ
linked to: Douglas A-20 Havoc
No. 226 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Douglas A-20 Havoc ⓘ
Waco CG-4 → tugAircraft → A-20 Havoc ⓘ
subject linked to: Waco CG-4 glider
linked to: Douglas A-20 Havoc
Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone → usedInAircraft → Douglas A-20 Havoc ⓘ
Ed Heinemann → designed → Douglas A-20 Havoc ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces in World War II → aircraftUsed → A-20 Havoc ⓘ
linked to: Douglas A-20 Havoc
Douglas DB-7 → developedInto → Douglas A-20 Havoc ⓘ
Douglas DB-7 → usArmyDesignation → A-20 Havoc ⓘ
linked to: Douglas A-20 Havoc
Douglas DB-7 → alsoKnownAs → Douglas A-20 (in U.S. service) ⓘ
linked to: Douglas A-20 Havoc
Boston → alsoKnownAs → Douglas A-20 Havoc ⓘ
Boston → alsoKnownAs → A-20 Havoc ⓘ
linked to: Douglas A-20 Havoc
United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific → usedAircraft → A-20 Havoc ⓘ
linked to: Douglas A-20 Havoc
8th Bombardment Squadron → aircraftOperated → Douglas A-20 Havoc ⓘ
Northrop A-17 → successor → Douglas A-20 Havoc ⓘ