DB-7/A-20's Diverted to Allied forces in the ME.

[Zoran Petek]

Original Douglas A-20C Havocs from RAF contract (41-19088/MSN 7490/BZ196 to 41-19462/MSN 7864/BZ570) were either transferred to USSR or were taken over by USAAF after Pearl Harbor. Some were also diverted and used by SAAF in North Africa 1942 (with US serials).
For example 41-19406 is listed as transferred to USSR, but was flown in the Western Desert by 12 Sqn SAAF (coded 'F', X.42-III.43), and later 114 Sqn RAF.
From 12 Sqn's ORB:
41-19116/S 12 Sqn SAAF, XI.42; later coded 'L', Gzina I.43.
41-19118/Z 12 Sqn SAAF, XI.42.
41-19127/P 12 Sqn SAAF, XI.42-III.43.
41-19232/A 12 Sqn SAAF, IX.42.
41-19233/I 12 Sqn SAAF, IX-XI.42.
41-19238/W 12 Sqn SAAF, IX.42.
41-19242/W 12 Sqn SAAF, III.43.
41-19249/V 12 Sqn SAAF, I.43.
41-19269/R 12 Sqn SAAF, X.42.
41-19302/H 12 Sqn SAAF, IX.42.
41-19306/X 12 Sqn SAAF, IX.42-I.43.
41-19369/N 12 Sqn SAAF, X.42.
41-19398/W 12 Sqn SAAF, X-XI.42.
41-19406/F 12 Sqn SAAF, X.42-III.43.
41-19419/M 12 Sqn SAAF, XI.42.
41-19435/Q 12 Sqn SAAF, X-XI.42; later coded 'J', Gzina I.43.

Douglas A-20C-10 42-33201 to 41-33383, for RAF and Soviet Air Force.
Known as used by RAF:
42-33202/D 18 Sqn, 326 Wing.
42-33205/T 114 Sqn, 326 Wing.
42-33206/U 18 Sqn, 326 Wing.
42-33207/K 18 Sqn, 326 Wing. Listed "to USSR" by Baugher.
42-33208 (C/N 6670)
42-33215 (C/N 6677)
42-33216 (C/N 6678)
42-33223/H 18 Sqn, 326 Wing.
42-33224 (C/N 6686)
42-33227/M 18 Sqn, 326 Wing.
42-33229/A/41 18 Sqn, 326 Wing.
42-33232 (C/N 6694)
42-33253 (received RAF serial AL331)
42-33270 (C/N 6732)
42-33280 (C/N 6742)
42-33290 (C/N 6752)
42-33293 (C/N 6755)
42-33303 (C/N 6765)
42-33313 (C/N 6775)

Zoran

[HGabor]

A-20C-10-DO, S/N: 42-33302 (C/N 6764) was shot down over Baracska-SW, Hungary on January 25, 1945 by German flak. R-2600-23 engines: 43-154911 & 43-103804. 17 VA, 244 BAD, 260 BAP, 2nd Sq. Nikolai Fedorovich Shapovalov crew was KIA. (4 KIA) Completed on January 27, 1943 in Santa Monica, California, U.S.A. February 20, 1943: Long Beach, Calif., U.S.A. April 5, 1945: USSR. Price: $78.929.00 (USD)

Between October 1, 1944 - July 1, 1945 the soviet 17 VA, 244 BAD used the following A-20C-10-DOs:

42-33151
42-33156
42-33238
42-33262
42-33289
42-33294
42-33302
42-33320
42-33326
42-33348
42-33359
42-33377

AC service cards only say after Long Beach: Russia. No info on delivery routes (S-Atlantic-Iran, or ALSIB.)

Gabor