Vultee Aircraft

Vultee Aircraft, Inc.
Predecessor	Airplane Development Corporation; (1932–1934); AVCO Aviation Manufacturing Corporation; (1934–1939);
Founded	1939
Founder	Vance Breese; Gerard Vultee;
Defunct	1943
Fate	Merged with Consolidated Aircraft to form Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Successor	Convair
Headquarters	Downey, California, U.S.

Vultee Aircraft, Inc.,^[1] 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.^[2]^[3] It had limited success before merging with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation on March 17–18, 1943, to form the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation − or Convair.^[1]^[4]

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference GC&IN V159 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II, pp. 107–120, Cypress, CA, 2013.
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^ "Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation". centennialofflight.net. Retrieved 2023-06-18.


Predecessor	Airplane Development Corporation (1932–1934) AVCO Aviation Manufacturing Corporation (1934–1939)
Founded	1939; 86 years ago (1939)
Founder	Vance Breese Gerard Vultee
Defunct	1943; 82 years ago (1943)
Fate	Merged with Consolidated Aircraft to form Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Successor	Convair
Headquarters	Downey, California , U.S.