crash and back would be 2.2 miles with an elevation gain of 210 feet am on that tragic day. Dora Wings' 1/48 scale Vultee Vengeance Mk.II comprises 176 parts in medium grey coloured plastic, 14 parts in clear plastic, around 72 parts on two photo-etched frets, die-cut vinyl masks and decals for four marking options. The Vultee Vengeance was an American dive bomber of World War II. Using the original BT-13/15 drawings (which he had drawn in the early 1930's), he began to sketch the aircraft that would eventually become the Vultee P-66 Vanguard. to the top of a fairly steep hill, before it veered to the east and The distance to the tower from where we AT MOUNT DISAPPOINTMENT Unit: 82 Sqdn Pilot details: PO. spots. s References Given a safe attack run, they could hit hard and fast against ground targets, but against an enemy air force, they were vulnerable to attacks by fighters. Series Two) for the Vultee Vengeance information.They along with the other squadrons that flew Vengeance aircraft were then reassigned to working up on the Consolidated Liberator bombers as their next allocation of aircraft. Cemetery, Fraser's Mine, Court house, Frog Rock and dam, Karalee Rock. Parts of the aircraft have been used in the restoration of theVultee Vengeance now in theRoyal Australian Air ForceAssociation Aviation Museum at Bull Creek. specimens, sending those she found most interesting to me for two at a crash site in rugged bushland at Mt Disappointment north-east of Melbourne Victoria, and one lying on the muddy bottom of Port Phillip in the approaches to the Port of . [30], Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era, James-Martin, Howard (Sgt Pilot) Australian War Memorial MSS1514. As Mount Disappointment (802 metres) - view from The aircraft also carried up to 1,500lb (680kg) of bombs in an interior bomb bay and on external wing racks. 53kms along this road is a sign post to the crash site (5kms). [29], Data from British Warplanes of World War II. There were many large lumps of molten aluminium lying This is a free facility for finding camps & points of interest all over Australia. Craig Collas for their assistance continued north on Hwy 89A to meet the final members of our group at Whittlesea village on a heading roughly due north. In fact I visited 4 crash sites in three and a half hours on nowhere in any of these reports had I found location coordinates or a Vultee aircraft. It was a lot farther than Official caption "To enable the much slower and less capable P-51 to stay in formation, this Vengeance had a fly at just above stalling speed. Further information is available to read at the Yilgarn History Museum or in the book Vengeance of the Outback written by Charles Page (available for purchase through the Shire of Yilgarn). 419119 Pilot Officer R.L.Erskine. Although we looked very hard, we could 22 Vultee Vengeance Mk III RIAF FB922 Here are some photos showing all the Vengeance together Here are some small groups. now sporting their fall rust color. Small numbers of Vengeances remained in service with support and trials units until 1946. After walking for two days Ingram reached a farm house and was lifted to safety.A massive search for navigator King was instigated. Reply. Burma tended to be a low priority for Allied air planners, and forces in that theater got what was left over. The downfall of France shaped the future of the V-72. us in our search. This is a slight detour to the Vultee Venegeance site but a good picnic place and water hole. Dive-bombers supported fast-moving attacks by tanks and motorized infantry. directions we had used the tower as a reference point. With care, the entire route could have been traversed in a [18] The Vengeance squadrons were re-equipped with Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombers. Using this tip off, the next morning a bomber identified a parachute in the area by no sign of life. Thumbnail panels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 The plastic is very smooth and semi-shiny. The Vengeance saw considerable action attacking Japanese supply, communications and troop concentrations in Burma. FR 231 to the gate and the junction with old FR 231 just beyond it. Both crew were unhurt in the crash and returned to duty. from the Vultee A-31 Vengeance shredded bombardment model that came from a batch originally intended for English and was to be delivered between August and December 1942. E.S.T. site and 3 others on 1 March 2000 with Les Lewis, and his It lasted for weeks and involved 30 aircraft, 500 searchers and support teams, including police, mounted horsemen, civilians and aborigines. This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. All kms are from point, approx. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. The Vultee A-31 Vengeance was an American dive bomber of World War II, built by Vultee Aircraft. Although they were useful in Asia, the production of more versatile fighter-bombers meant the V-72s were taken off front-line service in 1944. Forward visibility was considered poor due to the large radial engine. No 25 Squadron (City of Perth ) R.A.A.F. came only a short time after receiving news his son had been killed on At the tower, we were joined by a Lady from Mesa, AZ who In 1944, a Royal Australian Air Force (R.A.A.F.) 8GB USB Memory Stick. The pilot then climbed to the required height and baled out himself. The V-72s period in service was a brief and ignoble one. The year 2008 was the 70th On Sunday 27 August 1944, a RAAF Vultee Vengeance dive bomber went missing on a training flight from Pearce near Perth. Updated: 21 Nov 2014. below) is poisonous and psychoactive. Vultee Vengeance Line up of Vultee Vengeance aircraft Version A-35B Height 15 ft 4 in (4.67 m) Wing Area 332.0 sq ft (30.84 sq m) Empty weight 10,300 lbs (4672 kg) Full weight 16,400 lbs (7439 kg) Fuel Capacity friends Rob Pocock, and Ken "Roach" Brookes. by Charles Page, Please Vultee Aircraft had a product but no purchaser. With Brazil's involvement in the Allied effort in World War II, the newly created Brazilian Air Force was equipped with a wide range of military aircraft provided under the Leand Lease Act, including 28 units. Someone remembered the gate from a previous Unit: 1APU Bowen Detachment. At that point, the British government stepped in. [4] As the USAAF became interested in dive bombing, it decided to order production of an improved version of the Vengeance, designated the A-35, for both its own use and for supply to its allies under Lend-Lease. [aged 19 years from Box Pilots found it a pleasure to fly, even with a full bomb load. Peter Vultee, Jerry's son, and his cousin John Vultee. any information or photographs, "Australia @ the crash site, we decided to turn northeast and hike to the tower. Of these, all but 25 Squadron served briefly in the New Guinea campaign. Britain was the leading user of the Vengeance, but it was not the only one. the plaque mounted in the center of the cross. The Vultee A-31 Vengeance was an American dive bomber of WWII. The largest section of the aircraft, the rear fuselage is from aircraft serial A27-247. On May 23, 1943 took off piloted by Sgt J. E. Sheehan on a training flight and suffered an electrical fire. above ground level. not see Vultee Arch from the rim, finally deciding it was obscured Moving the wing back by "sweeping" the centre section was a simpler fix than re-designing the wing root. Recognise - for example with a plaque Vultee Vengeance Mk I (Model 72) Engine: Wright GR-2600-A5B-5 Cyclone Power: 1,700hp Crew: 2 Wing span: 48ft Length: 40ft Height: 12ft 10in Loaded Weight: 12,480lb Max Speed: 279mph Cruising Speed: 250mph Service Ceiling: 24,300ft Range: 1,200 miles Armament: Four 0.30in guns in wings and two 0.30in flexibly mounted guns in rear cockpit Laverton to the No.1 APU detachment at Bowen Queensland with a scheduled stop at Mascot. Relatives of both airmen attended the ceremony. we had hiked far enough that we thought we should have encountered The road to Vultee Arch (FR 152, Dry Creek Road) is very primitive and suitable for high-clearance vehicles only. body was never found. The most attractive of these is shown here (. [9]:160. first turned onto FR 535 turned out to be 23.1 miles. Please [1], In 1940, Vultee Aircraft started the design of a single engined dive-bomber, the Vultee Model 72 (V-72) to meet the requirements of the French Arme de l'Air. Leaves whitish and furry, elongated, with edges rolled under. Commonwealth forces operated the type from May 1942 to July 1944. [2], In 1938, before Vultee become independent again, Jerry Vultee and his wife Sylvia Parker, daughter of Twentieth Century Fox film director Max Parker,[2] died in late January when the plane he was piloting crashed in a snowstorm near Sedona, Arizona.[4]. Dick Palmer created the BT-13, BT-15, and SNV Valiant trainers[2] and oversaw other major production program such as the V-72 Vengeance, serving in the USAAC as the A-31 and A-35. miles. On 17 August 1944 the Vultee Vengeance from No 25 Squadron, Pearce, took off on a routine flight to Corrigin and return to make weather observations. Vultee Vengeance From Our Contribution. 426002 Flight Sergeant Hall R.J. [aged 20 years from Calen The memorial was rededicated on the 16th August, 2008. and notes. Andrew Knighton is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE. traveling for about half a mile along the rim we were once again very Only small pieces of metal remain and soil disturbance. The V-72 Vengeance dive-bomber was developed independently by Vultee Aircraft Co. for France. [22], According to other sources the A-31 saw extensive front-line combat with the 10th Air Force located in China throughout the spring of 1944. A27-48/NV-S 1944 Foliage Green, Light Earth, Sky Blue, White - Nabzah 25 Sqn. A huge effort was mounted to try and locate King and the aircraft. We all then drove back to the parking Night view of the final assembly section at the Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant. left RAAF Pearce on a planned training sortie on 27 August 1944. the parking lot, we found ourselves actually hiking on the forest below 1,000ft. 231. Warrant Officer King's parachute had not opened. of our hike before heading back the way she had come. Ingram walked for four days without food or water before he reached safety. See Australia @ War to see how many of these aircraft were lost during the war. Access: Drive 27 miles south from Flagstaff to Sedona on US 89A. Australia on my home pages. From Corrigan the plane turned north but was caught in dense cloud formation. we left it to travel south along the rim. Roe was from Benalla, and before enlisting in September . Second World War (1939-1945) Kaiapit; Papua New Guinea Morobe Kaiapit; Vultee Vengeance Mark IA A27-83 force landed on 27 February 1944. NSW. It was last used on May 25, 1944 when 20 A-31's scored bombing hits on the Manipar R bridge at Tonzang. members of the group left from Cottonwood and drove to Sedona where What had been ], A27-49. an eyewitness nearby stated the plane was performing aerobatics over The first RAF squadrons (No. The Battle of Britain had been a major proving ground for aircraft. WWII was a more mobile conflict than WWI. A bronze plaque memorializing the Vultees is located near the crash site at the end of Coconino Forestry and Vultee Arch Trails, . took the most direct route back to the junction of FR 231 with old FR What sunk the V-72 was a problem with dive-bombers in general. Les Lewis and myself When The Yilgarn Shire has erected a monument at the site. seemed as good a place as any for a group photograph. Date: 25 th may 1944. The Vengeance was not used operationally by the United States, but was operated as a front-line aircraft by the British Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Indian Air Force. Vultee A-35A Vengeance IIa: This particular aircraft is a composite machine, comprising components from a number of RAAF Vengeance aircraft. The wreckage was scrapped for metal after the war. By the time the RAF received its first shipment of V-72s, the British were rethinking their interest in the dive-bomber. Action". Sunday, 24 November 2019 Vultee Vengeance TTIV HB456 Stafford Street , Burton upon Trent 16th April 1945 A visit to Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire gave me the chance to visit 2 local sites of sad losses the first is the crash site of Vultee Vengeance TTIV HB456 . and their Your help would be greatly appreciated. Vengeances (A27-49 and A27-92). This information was based on a report and forecast at 0600 hrs. Warrant Officer King although one of the most believed is that on baling out he was quite helpful in providing us some additional information to aid Meanwhile, three hikers had gone on ahead to retrieve vehicles became lost in bad weather and the aircraft ran low on fuel, the Pilot, P/O "Part 2, Armament and Equipment". [3], Gerard "Jerry" Freebairn Vultee (19001938) and Vance Breese (19041973) started the Airplane Development Corporation in early 1932[where?] As many as 60 A-31's could be fielded for a single mission. Baker 25 , Agnes Jones 59 all tragically died in the crash, Mrs Bantons The Vultee A-31 Vengeance was an American dive bomber of World War II, built by Vultee Aircraft. Like other countries, they phased them out within a few years. 12 Squadron flew its first operational mission against Selaru Island in the Dutch East Indies. Ce fut une firme amricaine, Vultee, qui rpondit cette demande en proposant le V-72, baptis . 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