Hobby Master US Army Air Force Douglas A-20G Havoc Light Attack Bomber - "Miss Pam," 388th Bombardment Squadron, 312th Bombardment Group, New Guinea, 1944 (1:72 Scale)

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US Army Air Force Douglas A-20G Havoc Light Attack Bomber - "Miss Pam," 388th Bombardment Squadron, 312th Bombardment Group, New Guinea, 1944 (1:72 Scale)

Hobby Master US Army Air Force Douglas A-20G Havoc Light Attack Bomber - "Miss Pam," 388th Bombardment Squadron, 312th Bombardment Group, New Guinea, 1944

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Hobby Master HA4205 US Army Air Force Douglas A-20G Havoc Light Attack Bomber - "Miss Pam," 388th Bombardment Squadron, 312th Bombardment Group, New Guinea, 1944 (1:72 Scale) "Too much credit cannot be given to these men of the 12th Army Group, Ninth Air Force tactical team who are relentlessly battering our foe on the ground and from the air. They beat him on the beachhead, drove him from the occupied nations, crushed him in his own Rhineland, and next will destroy him in the heart of his Fatherland. It is these fighting men who are responsible for our past successes, and it is their indomitable spirit which assures a speedy and crushing victory for our cooperating arms."
- Omar N. Bradley, Lt. General, U.S.A. Commanding, March 27th, 1945

The Douglas A-20/DB-7 Havoc was a family of American attack, light bomber and night fighter aircraft of World War II, that served with several Allied air forces, principally those of the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States. The DB-7 was also used by the air forces of Australia, South Africa, France, and the Netherlands during the war, and Brazil afterwards. The bomber aircraft was known as Boston among British and Commonwealth air forces, while the Royal Air Force night fighter variants were given the service name Havoc. The United States Army Air Forces assigned the DB-7 the designation "A-20" and gave it the popular name "Havoc".

This particular 1:72 scale replica of a US Army Air Force Douglas A-20G Havoc light attack bomber nicknamed "Miss Pam," which was attached to 388th Bombardment Squadron, 312th Bombardment Group, then deployed to New Guinea during 1944. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 8-1/4-inches
Length: 11-3/4-inches

Release Date: March 2014

Historical Account: "Bombs Over New Guinea" - Established in early 1942 as a light bomb squadron, the 388th Bombardment Squadron was equipped with A-24 Banshees, although equipped with the export model of the A-31 Vengeance dive bombers for training. The unit trained under the Third Air Force in the southeast United States, and was also used for antisubmarine patrols over the Atlantic southeast coast and then the Gulf of Mexico.

It deployed to Southern California in early 1943 to the Desert Warfare Center, and trained in light bombing while supporting Army maneuvers in the Mojave Desert until October.

The unit was re-equipped with the North American A-36 Apache dive bombers and deployed to New Guinea as part of Fifth Air Force. In the Southwest Pacific the squadron attacked Japanese strong points and tactical positions and targets of opportunity in support of MacArthur's campaign along the north coast of New Guinea; then advancing into the Netherlands East Indies and Philippines as part of the Island Hopping campaign. Re-equipped with P-40s; then later A-20 Havocs. Engaged in heavy fighting on Lete; Mindoro and Luzon in the Philippines during 1944-1945.

The squadron moved to Okinawa in mid-August and after the Atomic Bomb missions had been flown; remained on Okinawa until December until returning to the United States with most personnel demobilizing. It was inactivated as a paper unit on January 6th, 1946.