Douglas A 20 Havoc 43 - 9436

[kurlannaiskos]

I have made a few scans but have many more to make.
it may take a couple of days.
in the mean time this aircraft is of interest in another forum.
http://www.airwarfareforum.com/viewt...=5693&start=15

since you asked about other planes in the same unit I actually have more on them.
including a good quality photo is "Little Isadore" (43-9478 "H" )that proves the medium green blotches. as it turn out "Little Isadore" is included for the original release of this kit (AMT/ERTL 8894)

[Alex Smart]

hello,

Have you looked in on the 3rd BG site via the armyairforces.com web site ? Good photos of crews in there.

or the PacALD site that deals with Pacific Aircraft losses at pacald.net ?

or look in "The Grim Reapers" by Lawrence Cortesi. From page 90 3rd May 1944 43-9436 A-20 2Lt. Thomas J. Reading 89 Sqdn Returned to Duty. Remarks: North of Annenberg.

Alex

[Boomerang]

Gentleman:

Thank you for those excellent sources, which I am following up

Clearly there is a very useful amount of information about 43 - 9436 available.

Regards

Boomerang

[kurlannaiskos]

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[Hemiman]

Hello All..

New guy here.. My name is Bill Swain and my dad flew in the 8th Sqdn of the 3rd Attack Group, known as the Grim Reapers.. I have many photo's posed on Pete Dunn's website, the AAF site and have just recently started posting on the AWF site. I sponsored the 3rd/89th Assn. Reunion a couple years back, so know most of the 8th and 89th Sqdn people still with us.
Now to "Big Nig" Tom Reading's mount back then. I believe I have a pic of it, along with a vhs tape of it's recovery.. I'll contact some of the 89th people to see if anyone might have more..Mike Clairingbould has a pretty good write up about "BN" in his book "Forty 0f the FIFTH".

Regards,

Bill

[kurlannaiskos]

the second image is a scan of the Italeri kit decals (1/48th)
they are printed by Cartograf in Italy cartograf@cartograf.com
the color profile (that might be of a replacement aircraft) is from
Voina v Vozdukhe # 92 copyright 2001 by S.V. Ivanov, but it at least gives you some of what the colors look like.
the other images are from pages 131 and 134 of :
Douglas Havoc and Boston the DB-7/A-20 series by Scott Thompson
Crowood Aviation Series ISBN 1-86126-670-7
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[kurlannaiskos]

OOPS ! the Grim Reaper image is actually off the internet...(can't remember where)
these other images are also available on the net , but they do not have the captions. (3 out of 4 pilot's are listed.)

I have a few other images but even with deleting an old image there still isn't enough room for me to upload it.

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/attach...1&d=1146863299
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