<article><hdr>Ground view of an A-31 Vengence</hdr><body>
<hi style=afpcap>Vultee produced the model V-72 Vengence especially for the Royal Air Force who had an urgent need for additional fighter and attack aircraft to carry the war to Germany. The designation A-31 was applied, with production lines being established by Vultee at Nashville, Tennessee and by Northrop at Hawthorne, California. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US was suddenly in need of warplanes, with 243 A-31s being repossessed for service with the Army Air Force.</hi>
