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

[Stig Jarlevik]

Dan

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Cheers
Stig

[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.
41-19132 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942. Diverted from British order.
41-19134 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942.
41-19138 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942.
41-19153 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942. Still in use late 44.
41-19154 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942.
41-19256 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942.
41-19278 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942.
41-19280 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942.
41-19290 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942.
41-19291 UA-20C for training. 244 BAD, 17 VA, 3rd Ukrainian front late 1944.
41-19320 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942.
41-19324 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942.
41-19326 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942.
41-19346 UA-20C for training. 244 BAD, 17 VA, 3rd Ukrainian front late 1944.
41-19349 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942.
41-19592 861 BAP, 244 BAD, Voronezh front 1.VIII.1942. Boeing A-20C-BO Havoc, diverted from British order.
41-19623 UA-20C for training, modified from Boeing A-20C-BO Havoc. 244 BAD, 17 VA, 3rd Ukrainian front. Lost late 1944.
41-19627 UA-20C for training. 244 BAD, 17 VA, 3rd Ukrainian front late 1944.

Regards
Zoran

[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

[Dan History]

Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

Dan

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Stig,

Pages gratefully received

You will see that in my reply to Alex, just above, I made the best guess I could concerning the identity of the 40 Bostons, after looking at the images that you sent me. I stress that my conclusion is provisional.

Cheers,

Dan