A cikin rahoto ga British Aeroplane da Armament Experimental Establishment (AAEE) a RAF Boscombe Down, matukan jirgi masu gwaji sun taƙaita shi kamar haka: "ba shi da lahani kuma yana da sauƙin tashi da sauka... Jirgin yana wakiltar tabbatacciyar fa'ida a cikin ƙirar sarrafawa... mai matukar daɗi don tashi da motsi. " Tsoffin matukan jirgi galibi suna ɗaukar shi a matsayin jirgin da suka fi so na yaƙi saboda iyawar jefa shi kamar jirgin saman yaƙi. An gano cewa Douglas DB-7 mai fashewa / dare ya kasance mai iya daidaitawa kuma ya sami rawar gani a cikin kowane filin yaƙi na gaske, kuma ya fi kowane matukin jirgi na jirgin sama na Amurka da sauri. "Lokacin da aka sake gina jerin jiragen sama na Boeing a watan Satumbar 1944, an sake tsara su sama da ƙwanƙwasa mai tsayi na mil 380 da ƙwanƙwasa mai tsayi na mil 20 da ƙwanƙwasa mai tsayi na mil 800.
Douglas DB-7