Question concerning VVS' Boston A-20 subtypes

[yogybär]

For my planetable, I'd like to know as exact as possible which A20 the VVS usedPlease have a look at this webpage.

There are several subtypes of A20 mentioned:
1) Boston A-20G, DB-7b
2) Boston A-20G (with guns)
3) Boston A-20G, 10-DÎ
4) Boston A-20G, 20-DO
5) Boston A-20U, A-20Ê

My question is:
What do #1,3,4,5 look like? Do they have no guns in the nose?

TIA!

[Carl-Fredrik Geust]

Hello,
I would recommend you to have a look in my book Red Stars Vol.4 (Lend-lease aircraft in Russia), with almost 100 photos of various Soviet Boston a/c. See the publisher´s web-page http://www.apali.fi/uk/uk.html

For an independent presentation of the book, see eg:
http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/BookReview...ars4/index.php

Carl

[kurlannaiskos]

that chart contains a few errors. mostly in letter-designations for the different models.
this is compounded by translation errors from American to Russian.



http://www.allaboutwarfare.com/forum...ndpost&p=11271


A-20B's and A-20C's had 2 .50 cal guns in the 'cheek' positions
the A-20G-1 had four 20MM cannons and the .50's
the A-20G-5 had four .50 cal in the nose plus the two in the 'cheek'
this remained unchanged for the rest of the 'G' types
the A-20J and K were again glass nose planes with the two 'cheek' .50 cal
did you want to know about rear armament also ?

[yogybär]

Thanks, Kurlan!

So would you interprete the table like this:
1) Boston A-20C
2) Boston A-20G 4x20mm
3) Boston A-20G 4x.50
4) Boston A-20G 4x.50 + 2x.50-turret
5) Boston A-20J&K glass nose + 2x.50-turret

My task is to split all A-20 in the subtypes 1) and 4) as fair as possible for online wars based on Il2-game.

Do you also know when A20G was first used in VVS? I estimate early '44...

Carl, I'd love to buy all RedStar-books, but money's a topic at 50Euros/book... "Jagdwaffe" i.e. is there for ca. half the price.

[Juha]

Jörk
IIRC A-20G-1 4*20mm + 2*.50 in nose and 1*.50 in dorsal position + 1*.30 in ventral tunnel
A-20Gs from G-5 to G-15 6*.50 in nose and 1*.50 in dorsal position + 1*.30 in ventral tunnel
A-20Gs from G-20 onwards 6*.50 in nose and 2*.50 in dorsal turret + 1*.50 in ventral tunnel
A-20J & K 2*.50 in nose and 2*.50 in dorsal turret + 1*.50 in ventral tunnel

And IMHO that was also what Kurlannaiskos wrote.

Juha

[yogybär]

OK, we are in consens apart fro mmy names' spelling: "Jörg", not "Jörk" .

I'll put all J&K into the A20C-group in my table.