The A-20 Havoc Story An Unknown Warrior

The A-20 was conceived as a light bomber, but its maneuvering ability led to developing it as a ground-attack machine. (Photo by David Leininger)

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When America went to war in December 1941, it was right in the middle of an interesting technological period. At the time, we had been upgrading our fighting forces, coming out of the biplane era, for at least five years. In fact, the B-17 project first flew in 1935 and was put into service in 1938. There was this first wave of more modern bombers/fighters that was already in existence, but the second wave, which...

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