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During World War II it was operated by the RAAF as an advanced training aircraft but also saw front line service in New Guinea as a fighter-bomber during 1942-43. The Wirraway was powered by a single 600 hp Pratt & Whitney R1340 was radial engine which drove a three bladed variable pitch propeller. Fuel was stored within two 45 gallon tanks.
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The CAC Boomerang. All dimensions and performance figures are for the CA-12 variant. The Boomerang had a height of 9 feet 7 inches (2.92 metres), a length of 25 feet 6 inches (7.77 metres) and a wingspan of 36 feet (10.97 metres). Empty, the Boomerang weighed in at 5,373 pounds (2,437 kilograms) and the fully-loaded gross mass of the aircraft.
Supermarine Spitfire MKVIII "Grey Nurse" in RAAF 457 Squadron colours,at Centenary of Military
With Britain and the U.S. preoccupied with their own fights and unable to offer spare airplanes or parts, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) realized it needed an Australian-built fighter to help protect the homeland. They soon commissioned the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) to produce the single-seat Boomerang fighter. Model CA-12.
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The CAC Boomerang is a fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation between 1942 and 1945.
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STEN submachine gun Thompson submachine gun Austen submachine gun Rifles Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I Lee-Enfield No. 5 Mk I Jungle Carbine Pattern P1914 No. 3 Mk I Charlton Automatic Rifle Lee-Metford Mk II ( Volunteer Defence Corps) Martini-Henry Mk IV ( Volunteer Defence Corps) Grenades and grenade launchers
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At the start of World War II, it had just 3489 personnel and no modern combat aircraft. The Australian-built Wirraway, entering squadron service in September 1939, was based on an American trainer.
Spitfire MkVIII RAAF CGS A58 303 Australia May 1944 01
Between 1942 and 1944 over 40 airstrips were constructed along the length of the North-South road, most in the Top End. Named initially by their distance from the Port of Darwin, and later after individuals, the strips have become perhaps the most recognisable symbols of the war fought in Northern Australia. Livingston Airstrip, or the 34-mile.
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In World War II alone, and from a shaky foundation, the Australian aircraft industry eventually manufactured 755 Wirraways, 705 Beauforts, 250 Boomerangs, 365 Beaufighters, 104 Mosquitoes, 16 Mustangs and almost 2000 aircraft engines.
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1 1937 Airspeed OxfordMilitary Combat Crew Trainer Aircraft 2 1936 Avro AnsonLight Transport / Coastal Reconnaissance / Crew Trainer / Communications Aircraft 3 1942 Avro LancasterFour-Engined Heavy Bomber / Reconnaissance Aircraft 4 1944 Avro York (Type 685)Four-Engined Heavy Transport / Airliner Aircraft 5 1941
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Second World War Aircraft Aircraft By 1939, much RAAF aircraft still resembled those flown during the First World War. Modern aircraft, such as the Supermarine Spitfire or the Hawker Hurricane, were not common in Australia. As RAAF members joined their colleagues in the British Royal Air Force, they started flying more advanced aircraft.
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The CAC Boomerang was a World War II fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia between 1942 and 1945. The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation pro.
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At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) thirteen squadrons of obsolescent aircraft—Wirraways, Ansons, Demons and Seagulls—and most personnel, were based in south-east Australia.
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The Commonwealth Boomerang (also known as the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation - or "CAC" - Boomerang) was of completely Australian indigenous design. Based on the CAC Wirraway, which in turn was spawned from the American NA-16 trainer aircraft produced by North American, the Boomerang was developed in direct response to the impending Japanese.
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Military history of Australia during World War II An Australian light machine gun team in action during the Aitape-Wewak campaign, June 1945. Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom 's declaration of war on Nazi Germany.
The CAC Boomerang was a World War II fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia
In this documentary we cover the history of Australian military aircraft manufacturing as described by Michael Nelmes from his August 2023 article in Wings M.
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1939 - 1945 This is a list of the aircraft used by the Royal Australian Air Force in WW2. The numbers shown relate only to what actually flew with the RAAF. As with the Lancaster where thousands of young Australians flew them in Europe in the RAF, only two were owned by the RAAF.