{"id":917,"date":"2019-12-04T19:31:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=917"},"modified":"2021-09-14T11:44:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T18:44:30","slug":"douglas-a-20g","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/douglas-a-20g\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas A-20G"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Douglas A-20G Havoc<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Douglas-A-20G.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Douglas-A-20G-Havoc-43-9436_640.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the Douglas A-20G Havoc\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Initial design work for the A-20 began in 1936 as a private venture of the Douglas Company to design a light attack and reconnaissance aircraft.\u00a0 Work was delayed by a series of major design changes that increased the size of the aircraft, gave it larger engines and focused the design as a bomber.\u00a0 First flown in October 1938 the aircraft attracted the interest of the French Air Force and the first orders actually came from France rather then the U.S. Army.\u00a0 France and Belgium briefly used the aircraft before those countries fell to the Germans.\u00a0 Many of the aircraft were diverted to Britain where they were operated under the names Boston and Havoc.\u00a0 The U.S. Army adopted the British name Havoc when they began receiving their A-20s after 1939.\u00a0 The A-20G was the most produced version of the Havoc and was optimized for low altitude attacks using a battery of six nose mounted machine guns and parachute equipped bombs called \u201cparafrags.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>61 ft 4 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>48 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>17 ft 7 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>24,127 lbs (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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