Saturday, February 5, 2011

The A-20


A-20
 On February 2, 1944, Daddy made his first flight in an A-20G No. 43-066.  The plane was equipped with an R-2600 engine and on February 6th he took an A-20 from Daggett, California, to Newark, New Jersey, a 13 hour flight.  On the return flight, I'm sure he got a kick out of flying another one of our best fighters, the P-47D from Evansville, Indiana to Alameda, California...flight time was 14 1/2 hours.  The last flight in his military log book was on April 6, 1944, in B-17 No. 43-732, that he took from Great Falls, Montana to Tampa, Florida, in 12 hours.  This last page of his military log book is signed, 'W.A. Watt, Jr., 1st Lt. A.C.'



P-47D


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