Vultee V-11GB Ventral gun station (Vultee via John K Lewis)

A-19 - 3pClwM rg attack bomber from V-11GB. All-metal except for tail control surfaces.

  Vultee YA-19 (Ed Popejoy coll)

YA-19 (Model V-11GB) 1939 = 1200hp P&W R-1830-17 Wasp; span: 50'0" length: 37'10" load: 3969# v: 230/207/80 range: 1110-1385 ceiling: 24,400'; ff: 1/27/39. POP: 7 [38-549/555], of which 3 were converted from V-11G and repowered as XA-19 series.

  Vultee XA-19A (Vultee)

XA-19A (Model V-11) 1940 = Enlarged, triangular fin and 1200hp Lycoming O-1230-1; load: 3680# v: 232; ff: 5/22/40. POP: 1 converted from YA-19. Became XA-19C.

XA-19B 1939 = 1800hp P&W R-2800-1. POP: 1 converted from YA-19 [38-550].

  Vultee XA-19C [38-555] (Vultee)

XA-19C 1939 = 1200hp P&W R-1830-1/-51. POP: 1 converted from XA-19A [38-555].

  Vultee V-85 Frst prototype (Vultee)
  Vultee RA-31

RA-31 (Model V-72) (Vultee, Northrop) 1941 = Export model; ff (as prototype V-85): 3/30/41 (p: Vance Breese). Second prototype with twin tails, but pilot Vance Breese refused to fly after finding dangerous tendencies during taxi tests, and it was quickly modified with a single tail—ff (as Vengeance I): 11/30/41 (p: Moye Stephens). POP: 400 to RAF as Vengeance I/IA, subcontracted to Northrop Corp for production 1941-42, of which 99 to RAAF, plus 300 to USAAF as RA-31 in a special Restricted classification [41-30848/31047, -31048/31147], the last batch of 100 built by Northrop; 300 to RAF as Vengeance II, plus 243 to USAAF with type redesignation as model 85 in 1942; 100 as Vengeance III, becoming Army A-31C, with subsequent production as A-35.

XA-31A, -31B (Model 85, 86) 1942 = Test-bed for 3000hp P&W XR-4360. POP: 1, redesignated XA-31B for flight tests [42-35824].

A-31C 1942 = First production of Vengeance III. POP: 100 [41-30148/31147].

XA-31C 1942 = Test-bed for 2200hp Wright R-3350.

YA-31C 1942 = POP: 5 to Wright Field for testing of four-bladed props in the B-29 development program.

  Vultee A-35A [41-31166] (Vultee)
  Vultee A-35A [41-31231]

A-35A 1942 = Second production of Vengeance III. POP: 99 [41-31148/31246].

  Vultee A-35B (USAF Museum)

A-35B 1942 = 1700hp R-2600; v: 279/230/84 range: 550. POP: 781 [41-31247/31447, 42-94149/94548, -101236/101465]. Contradicting factory records show 831 A-35Bs built, with 562 going to RAF and RAAF as Vengeance IV, and 29 to Brazil AF. (67 A-35A and -35B were supplied to the Free French, but it is unclear whether these were culled or a separate production.)

  Vultee XA-41

  Vultee AB-2

  Vultee BC-3

  Vultee BC-3

  Vultee BT-13s

  Vultee V-54 [NX21753] (Vultee)

V54 (Model 51D) 1939 = Retractable-gear export model demonstrator with 600hp R-1340-S1; ff: 11/15/39 (p: Gil Clark). POP: 1 prototype [NX21753] c/n 140; crashed 11/16/39.

  Vultee V54-A [NX21754]

V54-A 1940 = Faired, fixed gear, 450hp R-985-AN-1; ff: 7/28/40. POP: 1 prototype of BT-13 [NX21754] c/n 141.

  Vultee BT-13 (USAAF)

BT-13 1939 = First production model; P&W R-984-25. POP: 300 [40-810/1109].

  Vultee BT-13A (W T Larkins via K O Eckland coll)
  Vultee 54 Peru export with fairings

BT-13A 1940 = 450hp R-985-AN-1; gear fairings deleted in 1941. POP: 7,037 [41-1211/1710, -9587/9979, -10410/11586, -21162/23161, 42-1164/1743, -42201/43257, -88674/89573], plus 430 [41-09980/10409] to USN/USCG as SNV-1, and 12 to Peru AF.

BT-13B 1941 = 24v electrical system. POP: 1,125 [42-89574/90698, 44-31511/32160], with the last batch of 650 transferred to USN as SNV-2. Totals of all models include Lend-Lease exports to China, France, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, the Philippines, and South American nations.

  Vultee BT-15

  Vultee XBT-16

  Vultee XP-54

  Vultee V-61 Prototype [NX21755] (Vultee via Hal Andrews coll)

V-48, V-61, P-48X 1939 = 1pClwM rg; P&W R-1830-S Twin Wasp with extended propshaft in an elongated low-drag cowling; span: 35'10" length: 28'5" load: 2165# v: 340 range: 850. Dick Palmer; ff: 9/9/39 (p: Vance Breese). POP: 1 company demonstrator [NX21755] c/n 142, redesignated V-61, then P-48X.

  Vultee V-48C / P-48C [NX28300] (Vultee via Leo Opdyke coll)

V-48C 1940 = V48-X rebuilt and repowered with R-1830-S2 for export to Sweden, aka Flygvapen J.10; ff: 9/6/40. POP: 1 reregistered [NX19999] c/n 501, and 1 production prototype [NX28300] c/n 502; 144 built for Sweden, but diverted to RCAF, who in turn released 129 of them after the outbreak of WW2 as Lend-Lease to China as P-66, and so marked with US insignia. Of the total about 50 were impressed for Army stateside assignment, and 12 transferred to 23 Fighter Group in China.

  Vultee P-48X [NX21755]

P-48X 1940 = Redesign of V-61 with conventional R-1830-S1 because of cooling problems; ff: 2/11/40 (p: Vance Breese). Crash-landed on May 9 after colliding with a camera plane.

  Vultee P-66 (1940 Air News)

P-66 1941 = Impressed from V48-C exports. POP: 144 [42-6832/6975], of which 15 impressed by USAAF and 129 Lend-Lease to China.

  Vultee SNV-1 Restoration [N56319] (K O Eckland)

SNV-1 1940 = Same as BT-13A. POP: 1,125 [02983/03182, 05675/05874, 12492/12991] (USN serials total 1,350, but is unexplained—perhaps includes a cancelled batch), with 2 [V222/223] to USCG, plus 450 [34135/34584] transferred from USAAF [44-31511/32160, et al].

  Vultee SNV-2 (USAAF)

SNV-2 1944 = POP: 650 BT-13B transferred from USAAF [44-31511/32010=52050/52549, -32011/32160=44038/44187].

THAT "V" PREFIX

Except only for V-1, V-11, V-12, V-72, and V-77, the prefix was not used at the factory or design levels, and was most likely the doing of media scribes who presumed a "V" for Vultee would follow other manufacturers' styles—"NA" for North American, "L" for Lockheed, etc. Aerofiles retains that invisible "V" herein (but in plain text) only for the sake of sequencing the model numbers for easier reference.

  Vultee V-1 Prototpye [X12293] (Eric Blocher coll)

V-1 1933 = 9pClwM; 650hp Wright SR-1820 Cyclone F2; span: 48'0" length: 35'6". Gerard Vultee, Vance Breese; ff: 2/19/33 (p: Marshall Headle). POP: 1 prototype as V-1A to American Airways/Airlines [X12293]. Built in backer E L Cord's Glendale hangar, it is sometimes seen as Cord-Vultee V-1. Sold to Spain in 1937 [FAQAP] (French registration was political camouflage).

  Vultee V-1A [NC14251] and [NC16099]

V1-A, -AD 1934 (545) = 8-9pClwM rg; 735hp Wright R-1820-F2 Cyclone F2; span: 50'0" length: 37'0" load: 3168# v: 235/215/65 range: 1000 ceiling: 20,000'. $35,000; POP: 16 as V-1A [NC4249, NC13764/13774, NC16000, NC16099, NC17326, CFAWQ], included 10 to American Airlines, and 8 as 6p V-1AD "deluxe" executive models with 850hp SR-1820-G2 [NC14248/14256]. [NC16099] repowered with 1000hp SR-1820-G5 as 6p V-1AD Special for Hearst newspapers (v: 266/219/65 range: 950 ceiling: 31,000'). [NC13770] used in setting transcontinental speed record on 1/14-15/35 (p: James Doolittle), and a record first round-trip transatlantic flight in Sep 1936 as Lady Peace (p: Dick Merrill). 15 V-1As acquired from AA and others in 1937 went to in Spain, where they were converted as bombers and recons. SEE The Lady Peace Story.

  Vultee V-1AS [URSS-N208] (Frank Rezich coll)

V-1AS Special 1936 (2-539) = 2pClwMF; 775hp Wright R-1820-F52 and 850hp SR-1820-G2. POP: 1 twin-EDO float version built for the Soviet government for an historic 10,000-mile Santa Monica-Moscow flight (p: Sigismund Levanevski, Victor Levchenko), via Alaska and Siberia, in Aug-Sep 1936 [URSS-N208]. Added fuel tanks in cabin, enlarged tail group, special cold-weather cowl. Additionally, manufacturing rights were sold to USSR in October 1936, but none was produced there.

  Vultee V-11

  Vultee V-11A [NR14980] (Vultee)
  Vultee V-11T [NC14980] (Pratt & Whitney)

V-11A, -11T 1935 = The second V11 prototype, but with 1800hp P&W R-2800 Double Wasp and three-blade prop; span: 50'0" length: 37'6" load: 3450# v: 232/213/68 range: 1220; ff: 10/9/35. POP: 1 [NX/NR/NC14980] c/n 29, built first as V-11A, a demonstrator for the South America market, later modified as fixed-gear V-11T for Pratt & Whitney's use in engine testing; length: 39'9" load: 3500#; ff: 1/21/40. Ultimately refitted with 2000hp R-2800; destroyed in a crash on 3/20/45.

  Vultee V-11GB Ventral gun station (Vultee via John K Lewis)

V-11G, -11GB 1935 = Versions with 1000hp Wright SGR-1820-G2 Cyclone. V-11G was a two-seater, and -11GB sat three (pilot, bombardier, gunner) with a retractable ventral gun position. POP: 1 as a company test hack on wheels [NX/NR17327] and 7 with 1200hp P&W R-1830-17 to USAAC in 1939 for field testing as YA-19 [38-549/555].

  Vultee V-11GB2F (Vultee)

Export suffixes: 30 V-11G to China in 1937-38; 4 -11GB to USSR [NR17328/17329 and 2 unregistered] along with some EDO sets to transform them into -11GBS seaplane and -11GBF floatplane attack bombers—31 more were built under license in USSR, but later converted as mail carriers; 40 -11GB to Turkey redesignated -11GBT; 26 -11GB to Brazil 1938-39 as -11GB2, the last of which was modified with EDO floats as 11GB2F for the Brazilian Navy, as also was prototype [NX21719] in hopes of civil sales, which didn't occur.

  Vultee V-12D