12, 21, 23, 24 and 25 Squadrons. The Vultee A-31 Vengeance was an American dive bomber of World War II, built by Vultee Aircraft. The P-66 had a mediocre combat record in China and was out of service by 1943. Location: Six miles north of Whittlesea. e-mail me Warrant Officer King although one of the most believed is that on baling out he The Allies had not anticipated the brief but vital role dive-bombers played, and so had to take whatever they could get. Vultee Vengeance 82 Squadron ID required Help or advice wanted By Welkin, May 25, 2020 in Aircraft WWII Share Followers 0 Posted May 25, 2020 Date of Crash: 3 November 1942 Location: Cholavaram, India Aircraft Type: Vengeance I Serial Number: ? Shores. Of the two photographs was quite helpful in providing us some additional information to aid A long search for P/O King was carried out but he was never found. In service, the RAF managed to solve those problems, but Free French aircraft that did not have these problems remedied were grounded, being declared uneconomical and unreliable to operate. In 1944, a Royal Australian Air Force (R.A.A.F.) ], A27-49. 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. Access: Drive 27 miles south from Flagstaff to Sedona on US 89A. P/P 21 dated 27/5/1944 including PT81 War" Cemetery, Fraser's Mine, Court house, Frog Rock and dam, Karalee Rock. Vultee Vengeance Mark IA A27-83 force landed on 27 February 1944. over a relatively small area extending from there to the left of the subsequent report had come in prior to departure, the pilots had not been advised. Many of these surplus aircraft, including most Vengeance Mk IVs, were delivered to the UK and modified as target tugs, being used in that role both by the RAF and the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). Pilot "Jack" Ingram was located approximately 70 By the time the RAF received its first shipment of V-72s, the British were rethinking their interest in the dive-bomber. Alain J. [29], Data from British Warplanes of World War II. The aeroplane had apparently become lost and run out of fuel. Petals almost non-existant, but the flower consistes mainly of calyx segments that are brightly coloured. Vultee V-11GB Ventral gun station (Vultee via John K Lewis) A-19 - 3pClwM rg attack bomber from V-11GB. He then climbed for height and baled out himself. lookout tower and start our search from there. By 1937, Vultee headed his own factory in Downey, California, with more than a million dollars in orders for V-1s, V-1As, and V-11s. along the rim but then grew closer again until, about 1.3 miles from In the past we have borne all the costs associated with maintaining the website but we are now having difficulties in paying the monthly expenses. The plane had apparently become lost and run out of fuel. Laverton to the No.1 APU detachment at Bowen Queensland with a scheduled stop at Mascot. Date February 1943 World War II RM 2JXTRMJ - Navy Vultee Vengeance In Flight Somewhere Over Europe. It was a lot farther than Download the TracesOfWar app directly on, Australia (1901-present, Federal Monarchy), Belgium (1830-present, Constitutional Monarchy), Canada (1931-present, Constitutional Monarchy), Soviet Union (1922-1991, People's Republic), Crash Site & Remains B-24D-110-CO Liberator 42-40886 - Engati, Privacy statement, cookies, disclaimer and copyright, Crash Site Vultee Vengeance Mark IA A27-83. Looking straight ahead Both crew were unhurt in the crash and returned to duty. 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. below the one on the left was included because it is shaped like a Soon after, Errett Lobban (E.L.) Cord bought all 500 shares of stock in the company and the Airplane Development Corporation became a Cord subsidiary. [2] Additional aircraft were ordered for Britain in June 1941 under the Lend-Lease scheme, with those being given the US Army Air Corps designation A-31. We just hadnt gone The RAAF flew them in the New Guinea Campaign, and a few commentators highly respected them. Cloud on the mountain was reported at 1,500ft. The V-72s period in service was a brief and ignoble one. What sunk the V-72 was a problem with dive-bombers in general. After the U.S. entered the war following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a number of V-72 and A-31 aircraft were repossessed for use by the USAAF. 7 and No. They were rebuilding them there.Along with . Privacy statement, cookies, disclaimer and copyright, On a journey of discovery to historical sites? The best directions we had to the site The V-72 was the only readily available option. The Jap Tony's are they the ones from Wangaratta. With care, the entire route could have been traversed in a Kittyhawk aircraft could carry the same bomb load and in addition carry out ground-strafing". [21], While the U.S. received 243 V-72s and A31s diverted from the RAF orders together with large numbers of A-35s specifically built for it, these saw no combat, being used as initial equipment for light bomber squadrons that re-equipped with twin-engine aircraft before deploying overseas, and as trainers or target tugs. recommended. About 0.4 miles after turning Note the Artillery could not always keep up with the advancing troops. Time: 1150 hrs. 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. far enough. The Kakariki was a steamer that was sunk in a collision with the steamer Carradale in 1937. wife , sister , two of his daughters and his Grandson this terrible loss In fact these were the first crash Crash of a Vultee Vengeance, 57 miles east of Narembeen, 55 miles south of Southern Cross in Western Australia on 27 August 1944 57 MILES EAST OF NAREMBEEN, 55 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHERN CROSS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA ON 27 AUGUST 1944 RAAF Vultee Vengeance A27-295 of 25 Squadron RAAF left RAAF Pearce on a planned training sortie on 27 August 1944. A 2011 article in the. This resulted from an error in calculating its centre of gravity. "Part 2, Armament and Equipment". At the time of departure, their chosen route to Wagga was closed. V-72 Vengeance: 1941 1,931 Single engine dive bomber V-84 XP-54: 1943 2 Finding the Vultee Plane Crash Site. 1100 hours 16 August 2008. ], A27-92. The plane was stable, but its center of gravity was thrown off if the rear cockpit was open and did not contain a gunner. The memorial was rededicated on the 16th August, 2008. at all without the help of Bill Reller and the information provided our search. Vultee was the first company to build aircraft on a powered assembly line, and the first to use women workers in production-line positions. Near the engine in the creek bed. 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. There have been kits of the aircraft from Frog and Special Hobby in 1:72nd scale and from AZ Models in 1:48th scale. Dive-bombers and fighter-bombers provided a substitute, bombing enemy armor, and fortified positions. by Charles Page, Please It was last used on May 25, 1944 when 20 A-31's scored bombing hits on the Manipar R bridge at Tonzang. There were many large lumps of molten aluminium lying Some of these aircraft continued to be flown with British national markings and serial numbers. Fighter escort and lack of fighter opposition in the theatres in which it served, combined with its vertical dive capability, meant that the Vengeance suffered only light combat losses. and notes. Title Vultee Vengeance Dive Bomber Creator Burton Frasher Sr. 1888-1955 Date Created and/or Issued 1941 Publication Information Pomona Public Library From a break in the clouds an area of dense scrub with no sign of habitation was sited. Whilst flying in formation at low altitude over mountains in mist and cloud, Only small pieces of metal remain and soil disturbance. L'arme de l'air franaise rclama en 1940 un bombardier en piqu. 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 . The A-31 first saw combat in China on March 14th, 1944 when 41 A-31's along with British aircraft hit targets in Arakan and Chin Hills China. a few yards beyond the site, we had an exhilarating view from the rim Below are Akemi's They were also designated RA-35B (R for Restricted) by this time. Vultee A-31 Vengeance in flight near Nashville in 1942.jpg 2,128 1,585; 1.6 MB. from Les Lewis:-, A27-49. The first 5.5 members of the group left from Cottonwood and drove to Sedona where This kit was originally released by Frog, then reissued by Novo and some other manufacturers. as measured by GPS, and on reaching it we once again headed south Andrew Knighton is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE. The United States also bought some, although they were never used in combat. This led to the development of the improved V-12, but aside from the prototype, all of these were sold to China, including three completed aircraft and 75 as knockdown kits of which at least 25 were assembled before Japanese troops overran the facility where they were being assembled. This place has historic significance. looking across Sedona to Airport Mesa, shows faint contrails from an Australia on my home pages. From then on, they were used as target practice. 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. We continued along it for about 0.2 miles until we came to an specimens, sending those she found most interesting to me for [15] Squadrons equipped with the Vengeance included Nos. . This is a free facility for finding camps & points of interest all over Australia. There being no sign of King, he headed west and found the farmhouse, after fours days, during which he had only a goanna to eat. Husband arrived a few minutes later from work to find he had lost his the south, Site 1 - Les Lewis looking at part of the Vengeance. Meanwhile, Akemi had The pilot then climbed to the required height and baled out himself. Eager to get them into combat, they did not make improvements to them as the Australians and British had. [24], One complete Vengeance IA that did not see squadron service, serial number A27-99 (EZ999), is displayed at the Camden Museum of Aviation at Narellan, New South Wales, Australia. They placed an initial order for 200, followed by a further order for another 100. 163. The crash site was near Kalibal in a deep gully between two mountains and identified by the serial number to be this aircraft. shows Certainly if they had seen the terrain only seconds earlier, they Originally known as the Vultee V-72, the Vengeance was designed to make use of knowledge gained from dive bombing attacks carried out during the Spanish Civil War. Commonwealth forces operated the type from May 1942 to July 1944. I'd like to thank Charles Page, Derek Martin and 419119 Pilot Officer R.L.Erskine. She photographed a number of different Indian Gardens in Oak Creek Canyon. issue of. It was armed with both fixed forward-firing and flexible-mounted .30in (7.62mm) machine guns in the rear cockpit. aircraft somewhere between Corrigin and Burakin. 25 (City of Perth) Squadron decided that this would be an appropriate time to "Diving Vengeance. themselves. As a dive-bomber, the V-72 was rugged and stable. by the tower attendant. Vultee Aircraft was created in November 1939, when Vultee Aircraft Division of AVCO was reorganized as an independent company. Ce fut une firme amricaine, Vultee, qui rpondit cette demande en proposant le V-72, baptis . [11][13], Last edited on 28 February 2023, at 12:27, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Vultee Buys Stinson Airplane Factory for Big Expansion Here", "Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation.". The intended as a stroll in the woods, so to speak, become a good hike by By late June 1944, there were seven A-35Bs at RAF Cluntoe, seven at Greencastle, ten at RAF Sutton Bridge and six at RAF East Wretham. manned and that we might be able to arrange a visit to the The RAAF Target Tug Vengeance The British Target Tug Vengeance Four different types of exausts (Including the Christmast Tree type FR 231 to the gate and the junction with old FR 231 just beyond it. turned south on old FR 231 road and then left it after a short [15] In those roles, all armament was removed from the aircraft. Wreckage The wreckage of this aircraft remains in situ. we had previously turned south on that road. Or are you interested in war medals and their recipients? instructions were to maintain a flight level of 1,000ft. Footscray Vic. Several The V-72 was built with private funds and was intended for sale to foreign markets. here anyway. The Vultee A-31 Vengeance was the dive-bomber of the Allies. therefore unable to open his parachute. distance to the junction from the tower proved to be just 0.6 miles, with this home page. spots. [aged 24 years from West This time we followed the old roadbed for 0.3 miles, So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required. Please came only a short time after receiving news his son had been killed on Dive-bombers supported fast-moving attacks by tanks and motorized infantry. In the process, they exposed their weakness. / 142 cm ) PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines. The Vultee Vengeance was regarded by most RAAF men as unsafe. the crash site, we decided to turn northeast and hike to the tower. bomber dropped its wing and rolled onto its back diving into 4 houses in of our hike before heading back the way she had come. hit the tail of the aircraft and was either killed or rendered unconscious and now sporting their fall rust color. Ingram landed safely but no sign of King has ever been found. The below photograph, Vengeances were heavily deployed in support of the second Arakan campaign of 1943/44, and defending against the Japanese attacks on Imphal and Kohima of AprilJuly 1944. As such, they were restricted to training operations, being finally withdrawn in September 1944. This plaque commemorates the crash ofVulteeVengeanceNo A27-29527th August 1944 and its crewP/O A J Ingram and P/O C L King. Just click on the below link to see the Demonstration. Forward visibility was considered poor due to the large radial engine. Several Vultee Vengeance; Usage on uk.wikipedia.org Vultee A-31 Vengeance; Usage on vi.wikipedia.org Vultee A-31 Vengeance; Metadata. miles south of Southern Cross on 31 August 1944. Many theories surround the disappearance of rise buildings in the central business district of Melbourne. In combat, the type was considered rugged, reliable, stable, and generally well-behaved. The The pilot was WO Jack Ingram and the navigator/observer was Flight Sergeant Clyde Lennard King. Bill Heller remembered turning off FR 231 for the crash site [2], The Vengeance was uniquely designed to dive vertically without lift from the wing pulling the aircraft off target. 110) received Vengeances in October 1942. This will be a trip through the Central and Eastern Wheatbelt checking out various places of interest including, Sharkmouth Rock, the Nungarin Military Museum and the Vultee Vengeance Crash Site. The RAAF started a search between New Norcia and Moora without any luck. someone spotted the small white cross erected at the site in 2011 by It lasted for weeks and involved 30 aircraft, 500 searchers and support teams, including police, mounted horsemen, civilians and aborigines. Download: About this Item Title Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee Names Palmer, Alfred T., photographer Created / Published 1943 Feb. Headings - Airplane industry - Women--Employment - World War, 1939-1945 - Bombers - Drilling - United States--Tennessee--Nashville Headings The result was the Vultee Model 72 or V-72, which became known as the Vengeance. I saw some there about 15 or 20 years ago. This The French government, having surrendered to the Germans, was no longer in a position to buy their order of V-72s. No sign of King was ever found. This gives the impression of an inverted gull wing when seen from an angle, when in fact the wing has a more conventional dihedral on the outer wing panels. Australian received 342 Vengeance aircraft - 99 Mark 1s, 122 mark IIs, and 121 Mark IVs. The aircraft was located at 32 00' S and 119 Do you have more information about this location? was not as though the crash site were unknown; a good number of searched for the lost crew. remains of a major part of the airframe assembly can be seen to the Warrant Directions: Location: About 42 miles south of Flagstaff (12 miles west of Sedona) on paved and gravelled roads. When the war in the Pacific broke out, the Royal Australian Air Force needed to expand quickly. A few days later a chance conversation between a commercial pilot and Squadron Leader Haber, the Commanding Officer of No. 419363 Flying Officer K.A.Wood. A27-49 and A27-92. Officer King remains the only member of 25 Squadron still listed as "Missing in In 1944, a Royal Australian Air Force (R.A.A.F.) The wreckage was scrapped for metal after the war. 22 Vultee Vengeance Mk III RIAF FB922 Here are some photos showing all the Vengeance together Here are some small groups. From there we and their This is a link to a video produced by the University of Arizona's Sarver Heart Center. W B BERRY Source: ORB site of the 1938 Vultee plane crash. [aged 19 years from Box Hill Vic.] The 'Vengeance' (A-31) 1943 rom U.S. Office of War Information, 1944 RM FAR30J - The Goodwood Revival is a three-day festival held each September at Goodwood Circuit for classic cars and costumes. That turned out to be the case and the attendant I can recall no incidents of pilots having difficulty in taking off with full bomb loads, and the Kittyhawk could not carry the same bomb load even after their undercarriage had been strengthened. 55 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHERN CROSS The largest section of the aircraft, the rear fuselage is from aircraft serial A27-247. The aircraft crashed 57 miles All Rights Reserved. that, that provided an excellent view of the country below us. It The pilot was WO Jack Ingram and the navigator/observer was Flight Sergeant Clyde Lennard King. The fall of France in June 1940 stopped these plans, but at the same time the British Purchasing Commission, impressed by the performance of the German Junkers Ju 87, was shopping for a dive bomber for the Royal Air Force, and as it was the only aircraft available, placed an order for 200 V-72s (named Vengeance by Vultee) on 3 July 1940, with orders for a further 100 being placed in December. Ingram walked for four days without food or water before he reached safety. It was featured in a recent 8GB USB Memory Stick, I visited this crash 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. The year 2008 was the 70th Pilots: A27-49. Over time the costs of maintaining this website have risen substantially (in fact they are probably larger than those of many companies who exist for profit). Vultee A-35 Vengeance.svg 1,769 1,997; 1.07 MB. ], (Ref: Court of Inquiry papers. He was eventually pronounced "Presumed Dead". Dive-bombers supported fast-moving attacks by tanks and motorized infantry. Australia placed an order for 400 Vengeances as an emergency measure following the outbreak of war in the Pacific,[16] which was met by a mixture of Lend Lease and diversions from the original British orders. In our case, we were sure that if we just traveled along the rim first turned onto FR 535 turned out to be 23.1 miles. 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 in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific. The A-35 Vengeance was a dive bomber produced by the Vultee Aircraft Company and resulted in over a thousand examples being used by foreign forces under the Lend-Lease Act. we made our way east along the rim, we were constantly treated to [12] The Vultee management resigned. . heart. posted the details of 1,085 crashes of WW2 aircraft in At Newton Field they were using the full length of the 6,000 feet [1,800m] runway before becoming airborne. Vintage car and plane RM PJ498H - Bainbridge Army Airfield - Vultee BT-13 Valiants Three-Ship Formation Flight. A huge effort was mounted to try and locate King and the aircraft. An order for 700 examples, to be built by Vultee and Northrop, was placed by a British . everyone had visited the tower and we had eaten lunch, we headed down determine that it is 1.5 miles from the crash site at a bearing of [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. had hiked up A B Young trail and who stayed with us for the remainder of the Dry Creek watershed. "[10], By the time that Britain had received large numbers of Vengeances, its opinion on the usefulness of specialised dive bombers had changed. Unit: 1APU Bowen Detachment. site and 3 others on 1 March 2000. Inform us! nowhere in any of these reports had I found location coordinates or a The Vultee A-31 Vengeance was an American dive bomber of World War II, built by Vultee Aircraft. The following summary of these two crashes is in plane Vie w Tale of an aRch The graceful sandstone arch was virtually unkown and nameless until gerard Vultee's fatal plane crash on January 29, 1938, when it became known as Vultee arch. Produced & Printed by the Shire of Yilgarn Good Country for Hardy People Crash of the Vultee Vengeance A27-295 On Sunday the 27th August 1944 one of the most dramatic events to involve members of the 15th battalion took place in the far eastern part of the unit's area. The Vengeance was not used in combat by the United States; it did see combat, however, with the British Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Indian Air Force in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific. [9], In contrast, many crew spoke well of the Vengeance. 419119 Pilot Officer R.L.Erskine. 12 Squadron flew its first operational mission against Selaru Island in the Dutch East Indies. 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. Simply put, dive-bombers were not suitable for the war in Europe and the Mediterranean. we left it to travel south along the rim. A plaque has been placed to mark the sight of the crash. The Yilgarn Shire has erected a monument at the site. turned off about 1.4 miles too soon. Recovery of Remains At the crash site, they found the . mountain in low cloud on 25 May 1944. Vultee Vengeance Vultee Vengeance Mk.II Royal Air Force (1918-now) 45 Sqn. 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. The first dive bombing missions against Japanese forces were flown on 19 March 1943. Dec 6, 2019 - Explore Robert Miner's board "Vultee A35 Vengeance" on Pinterest. [19], The view of the Vengeance's limitations is disputed by Peter Smith in Jungle Dive Bombers at War, "The precision and skill of the dive-bombing methodand its clear superiority over most other means of air attack when it came to destroying small and well-hidden targets in difficult country, was proven over and over again in the Asian jungle campaigns. There were a number of fatal accidents with the Vengeance due to improper dive procedures, as well as a center of gravity problem when the aircraft was flown with the rear cockpit canopy open, but without a rear gunner. At that point, the British government stepped in. The Royal Australian Air Force was the second most important operator of the Vultee Vengeance dive-bomber, receiving a large number of aircraft both from British orders and directly from the United States, and using it in combat over New Guinea.. ", This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 05:30. directions we had used the tower as a reference point. rededicate the crash memorial. Themes: Outside influencesSub Themes: World War II. A great feat by the mighty Vengeance pilot" True story. IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA CRASH OF A VULTEE VENGEANCE Meanwhile, Vultee and Breese had redesigned the V-1 to meet American Airlines' needs and created the eight-passenger V-1A. normal passenger vehicle, although a high-clearance vehicle is This is in an area approximately 220kms south west of Kalgoorlie. Due to the Air Mail Act of 1934, AVCO established the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation (AMC) on November 30, 1934 through the acquisition of Cord's holdings, including Vultee's Airplane Development Corporation. AMC was liquidated on January 1, 1936 and Vultee Aircraft Division was formed as an autonomous subsidiary of AVCO. The Vultee "Vengeance" was a type of dive bomber used by Britain's Royal Air Force during World War Two. around searching for the crash site, I found a few colorful flowers. Unit: 82 Sqdn Pilot details: PO. Hunter street and the home of the pilots girlfriend after a slow circuit [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. Britain was the leading user of the Vengeance, but it was not the only one. however had they been flying on the true line, they would have over flown the area of Eden road is blocked by a closed gate about 0.5 miles short of it. The V-72 Vengeance dive-bomber was developed independently by Vultee Aircraft Co. for France. Date: 25 th may 1944. The distance to the tower from where we Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? Vultee Vengeance crash site, Government Dam, Lake Koorkoordine, New Zealand Gully Dam, Maori Lass . The RAAF used the same mark numbers as the RAF for the Vengeance Mk I, IA and II. Smith wrote, "the jungle-clad hills and islands of forgotten or unknown lands would become the major stage for the ultimate expression of the dive-bombers' skill. It is certain that the aircraft were in the parish for their track, trip to the area and thought it was very near the crash site, so we The Vultee Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer founded in 1939 in Los Angeles County, California, when the Vultee Aircraft Division of the aviation holding company AVCO was reorganized as an independent company. WW2 Warplane Crash Site On Sunday the 27th August 1944 one of the most dramatic events to involve members of the 15th battalion took place in the far eastern part of the unit's area. The Vultee A-31 Vengeance was an American dive bomber of World War II, built by Vultee Aircraft.A modified version was designated A-35.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 in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific. The two Vultee Vengeances both slammed into the The aeroplane had apparently become lost and run out of fuel. The result was unreliable planes which were limited to training use before they were withdrawn. "[8], Peter Smith, author of Jungle Dive Bombers at War, wrote that, "Their pilots had difficulty in getting them off the ground with a full load. The colorful, spherical one (first two photos 82 and No. The Luftwaffe defined the place of dive-bombers in WWII. Christopher and Smith, Frank. The memorial was rededicated on the 16th August, 2008. 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