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| USAAF 5th AF 312th BG 389th BS |
Aircraft History Built by Douglas Aircraft Company. Assigned to the U.S. Army Air Force as A-20G-25-DO Havoc serial number 43-9424 Disassembled and shipped overseas to Australia and reassembled. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 312th Bombardment Group, 389th Bombardment Squadron. Coded with tail letter H. Mission History On March 27, 1944 took off from Gusap Airfield piloted by 1st Lt. Kenneth Hedges on a combat mission. While strafing atz low level, this A-20 collided with a palm tree that damaged the leading edge of the right wing at the wing root, narrowly missing the right engine and propeller. Despite the damage, Hedges managed to land safely back at Gusap Airfield. On the ground, he posed for a photograph with the wing damage. Afterwards, this aircraft was written off. Ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared. References Rampage of the Roarin' 20s (2009) mentions this loss Contribute
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