Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin and 40 Boston bombers in 1942 – can serials be identified?

[Dan History]

Originally Posted by Zoran Petek

Hello,
Here are some that reached USSR.

41-19115 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942. A-20C Havoc, diverted from British order. Many had Boston IIIA data plates, hence Soviet names B3 aka B-3 aka Boston.

Thank you for an interesting list, Zoran.

Several hundred Bostons originally intended for Britain, and carrying Boston Mark III or Mark IIIA data plates, were sent to the USSR. These were exported directly from the U.S. to the Soviet Union, so they do not appear in British records, or at least in any records that are presently known. The British serials which were provisionally assigned to these aircraft, mainly from the BZ block, were 'not taken up', as the contemporary phrase went.

Kind regards,

Dan