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Vultee Vengeance in Australian service

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 3, 2018 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  10:36, 13 June 2018 (UTC)



Vultee Vengeance dive bombers operated in Australian service between 1942 and 1950, and saw combat during World War II. A total of 400 of the type were ordered for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1942. Large-scale deliveries commenced in 1943, and 342 arrived before the order was cancelled. RAAF Vengeance-equipped units entered combat in mid-1943. The main frontline deployment of the type began in January 1944, but ended after only six weeks as the Vengeance was considered inferior to other available aircraft. All combat units equipped with Vengeances were converted to operate heavy bombers. The type remained in RAAF service for training and support purposes until 1946, and some were used by the Royal Australian Navy until 1950. While there is consensus among historians that the Vengeance was obsolete at the time it entered Australian service, some argue that it proved successful. Others, including the RAAF's Air Power Development Centre, have judged that the type was unsuitable.
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 * Promoted: 22 August 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: Most of the Royal Australian Air Force's fleet of these aircraft were delivered in 1943 and this was also the year they first entered combat; 2018 marks the 75th anniversary.
 * Support as nominator. Nick-D (talk) 23:55, 8 June 2018 (UTC)