On Black Sunday pilot Ed Davidson put this A-20G down on a short boggy
strip near Yamai village. As the aircraft coasted through mud the LH
maingear collapsed, the end result seen here. Davidson was badly bruised,
and one of his gunners badly cut his scalp. The A-20G would never fly
again, its fuselage salvaged by the RAAF some forty years later. Davidson's
biggest concern after safely exiting the aircraft was what his Commanding
Officer might say. Ironically, there were two Davidson's downed by Black
Sunday - the other being 2/Lt Charles Davidson of the 388th Squadron.
Aerothentic has a detailed book on Black
Sunday.
