VULTEE VENGEANCE AIRCRAFT CRASH SITE

RUNNING CREEK WHITTLESEA, WHITTLESEA CITY

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    VULTEE VENGEANCE AIRCRAFT CRASH SITE - History

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    Designed under the designation V-72, the aircraft that would eventually be named Vengeance by the British was developed and manufactured as a dive bomber by the U.S. Corporation Vultee. 

    • Wing span 14.64 metres.
    • Length of plane 12.12 metres.
    • Engine One 1700-hp Wright Cyclone R-2600-A5B-5, fourteen cylinder radial air cooled.
    • Maximum speed 446.4 km/h.
    • Service ceiling 6797 metres.
    • Armament 6 forward firing 0.5 inch machine guns in the wings, and capable of carrying a maximum bomb load of 907 kg.

      

    Designed under the designation V-72, the aircraft that would eventually be named Vengeance by the British was developed as a dive bomber by the Vultee Corporation. One of few U.S. military aircraft whose initial development was not aided by government finance, the V-72 was intended for sale to export markets. Large numbers (for the time) were sold to Brazil, China, Turkey, and the USSR during the mid-to-late 1930s. In 1940 the British purchased 700 V-72s (400 of which were manufactured by Northrop), and with the introduction of lend-lease in 1941, the U.S. ordered 300 more examples for the British under the designation A-31. The majority of British Vengeances served in Burma, where they enjoyed considerable success. When the U.S. entered the war, it commandeered 243 of the aircraft meant for Britain, and later had even more Vengeances manufactured for the USAAF under the designation A-35.
    
    

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    VULTEE VENGEANCE AIRCRAFT CRASH SITE - Heritage Inventory Description

    The plane's remnant fabric is scattered through out a wide area. Some of the plane's alloy components have melted. The engine is relatively unscathed from the effects of the fire but is being covered over with silt.

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