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 Post subject: Vultee V-31 Vengeance
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I have created the WRG profile for the Vultee V-31 Vengeance.
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/UR ... eance.html

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If you have any additions or corrections please let me know. Thanks!

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:15 am 
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Nice job!

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Do any still exist?


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:55 am 
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UC61K wrote:
Do any still exist?


There's one in Australia.

http://www.camdenmuseumofaviation.com.a ... .php?id=12

http://aussiemodeller.com.au/pages/Hist ... eance.html


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FWIW, Brazil operated a small number of Vengeances, during WWII. All I have is a few photos, with no discernible US markings or serial numbres.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:26 am 
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The remains of the 2nd Aussie Vultee Vengeance are now with 'Jungle Bob' in Sydney NSW, last I heard

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the brits had them, but trashed them shortly after use. a total dog.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:48 am 
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This is good.

Personally, I like the Vultee Vengeance very much.

A lot of inaccurate information has been published about it & unfortunately that inaccurate information has also been simply copied in other publications over the years. It may not have been the aircraft that won the war in any particular theatre, but it did do what it was originally designed to do very well.

The Vengeance was a very big, very tough aircraft, maybe a little underpowered, but a pilot could put it in a vertical dive & hold 346mph (IIFC??) all the way down. Nice lines too.. especially that cranked wing.

Since I'm up on this little corner of a soapbox right now, I think I'll also say that I think the strategy of the dive bombing method of aerial attack was on the way out when the Vengeance was coming to the fore of it's development.

Anyway... as I said... I like the Vultee Vengeance, it is a real Cadillac of the skies & needs more attention.

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Thanks for the comments and feedback!

And Mark, thanks for the pictures!

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:09 pm 
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The Vultee dive brakes ... interesting design, much like the P-61's.

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Vultee Vengence RAAF Bankstown c 1943

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Vultee A-31 dropping practice bombs c 1943

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Vultee A-31 dropping practice bombs c 1943

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Vultee A-31 dropping practice bombs c 1943

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Love the wing outline 8)


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tom d. friedman wrote:
the brits had them, but trashed them shortly after use. a total dog.


In fact, they rather liked them in Burma, getting 1205 of the 1500 made.
While it was clear the days of purpose-built dive bombers was over in the ETO, they still had a place elsewhere.
To quote the authoritative Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918 by Owen Thetford...
"In Burma, it supplanted Blenheims in a number of squadrons and was also issued to units of the Indian Air Force. They proved very effective weapons on the Arakan front, operating with Hurricanes as top cover." Emphasis added.

The USAAF and RAF also used them as target tugs.

Perhaps you're thinking of the Brewster Bermuda?

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The latest issue of Classic Wings has a great piece on the Vengeance (I'm afraid I don't know who by, I couldn't find a byline) with some great photos including Mark Allen M's first one. Well worth a look.

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Never a shortage of 'Vengeance' ...

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Modification Center Evansville Airport c 1943

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Vultee Vengeance A-35's

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721 Squadron takes over a US field on Ponam Atoll, near Manus, 1945

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Scott:

The above photo of the Vengeances of No. 721 are aircraft of the British Royal Navy. They were used as target tugs and according to the squadron history they were utilized until 1947. You probably need to include the RN in your list of Vengeance users.


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