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Variants
Model 7A Prototype
Model 7B Second prototype
DB-7 Initial production version (70 built)
DB-7B All aircraft built delivered to Great Britain,
designated Douglas Boston Mk III self sealing fuel tanks, additional
armor, enhanced structural strength, a longer fuselage for a more glazed
bombardiers nose and more fuel capacity (781 built)
DB-7C Dutch version of the DB-7B, fitted with interchangeable
nose (glazed bombardier or solid with 4 × 20 mm cannons) and special
racks suited for carrying a torpedo (20 built)
A-20 Havoc Based on DB-7B version, self sealing
tanks, strengthened structure, and a more extensively glazed nose (1
built)
A-20A New engines (143 built)
A-20B New engines, could carry ferry fuel in weapons
bay, nose glazing, increased bombload, more or less equivalent to Boston
Mk II (999 built)
A-20C Equivalent to Boston Mk III, American guns
and different exhausts on the engines (948 built)
A-20E New engines (17 built)
A-20G Stripped of dual controls, added extra armor
and carburetor de-icing, built in several blocks:
:A-20G-1 (200 built)
:A-20G-5 (50 aircraft)
:A-20G-10 (300 aircraft), improved carburetor air inlets
:A-20G-15 (150 aircraft), improved heating for winter operations
:A-20G-20 (350 aircraft), widened rear fuselage for the electical Martin
dorsal turret with 2 × 12.7mm guns
:A-20G-25 (399 aircraft), winter version of the A-20G-20
:A-20G-30 (353 aircraft), improved spent-cartridge collection system
:A-20G-35 (328 aircraft), heavier gauge skinning on the tailplane
:A-20G-40 (380 aircraft), modified engine exhaust system, revised cowlings,
upgraded navigation system
:A-20G-45 (290 aircraft), winter version of the A-20G-40
Number built: 2.850
A-20H Similar to A-20G-45, but with new engines
(412 built)
A-20J Similar to A-20G-25, but with a plexiglas
frameless bomber nose, featuring a bombsight, 169 to RAFas Boston Mk IV
(450 built)
A-20K Similar to A-20J with the airframe/powerplant
combo of the A-20H (413 built)
F-3A Reconnaissance aircraft, based on the A-20
(88 buyilt)
P-70A-1 Conversions of A-20C Attack bomber . Improved
radar, and 6 or 8 × 0.50 in (12,7 mm) fixed forward firing guns in
a ventral pack (39 built)
P-70A-2 Conversions of the A-20G Attack bomber, similar to the
F-70A-1 (65 built)
P-70B Conversions for training purposes, with American
radar equipment
P-70B-1 A-20G-10 conversion. Centimetric radar,
6×12.7mm guns in blisters around nose (1 built)
P-70B-2 A-20G and A-20J conversions, with centimetric
radars (105 built)
CA-20G Converted from the A-20J to act as a high
speed transport after the War.
TA-20H A-20H Havocs converted for training.
TA-20J A-20J Havocs converted for training.
TA-20K A-20K Havocs converted for training.
RAF
Boston Mk I Some 20 French and 16 Belgian DB-7's
were taken over by the UK after the capitulation of both countries. Converted
to UK standards, designated Boston Mk I and used for training purposes
(36 built)
Boston Mk III Redesignated DB-7B's.
Boston Mk III (Intruder) Boston Mk III's revised
as intruders, ventral pack fitted with ? × 20 mm cannons and reduced
bomb load of 1,000 lb
Boston Mk III (Turbinlite) Boston Mk III revised
in same fashion as Havoc Mk I and II (Turbinlite) versions (3 built)
Boston Mk IIIA British A-20C Havocs, with British
guns and equipment (200 delivered to RAF)
Boston Mk IV 169 A-20Js, delivered to the RAF, and
redesignated Boston Mk IV
Boston Mk V 90 A-20K's, delivered to the RAF, and
redesignated Boston Mk V
Havoc Mk I (Intruder) Remainder of French DB-7 aircraft,
put to use as home-defense night-fighters and intruders.
changed to British equipment and weapons, flame-damper exhausts, and
improved armor protection (181)
Havoc Mk I (Night-Fighter) Equal to Intruder version,
except for the crew (2), the AI.Mk IV radar, and non standard armament
of 8 × 0.303 in fixed forward firing machine guns
Havoc Mk I (Pandora) Equal to Intruder version,
but fitted with LAM (Long Aerial Mine) systems (20 built)
Havoc Mk I (Turbinlite) Equal to the Intruder version,
noses replaced by a 2,700 candlepower searchlight (21 built)
Havoc Mk II French ordered aircraft, based on DB-7A,
new engine, modified landing gear, structural strengthening and a larger
vertical tail surface, 1 additional rearward firing 0.295 in machine gun
in each of the engine nacelles, none reached France before it's capitulation
and weresent to UK (100 built)
Havoc Mk II (Turbinlite) Equal to the Intruder version,
noses replaced by searchlight (39 built)
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