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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. Approved for production shortly following the Empire of Japan's entry into the Second World War, the Boomerang was rapidly designed as to meet the urgent demands for fighter aircraft to equip the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
The CAC Boomerang was an Australian-designed and manufactured fighter aircraft of World War II. Development of the Boomerang began in late 1941 following the start of the Pacific War and the first prototype flew on 29 May 1942. Boomerangs began to enter service with RAAF fighter squadrons from April 1943 but were not successful in
The Wackett was a simple trainer aircraft, but later designs during World War II were the sophisticated Woomera and CA-15, however these types were destined to fly only in prototype form. Other, jet-powered aircraft designs in the 1950s and 1960s did not even leave the drawing board, however in 1951 CAC was given the go-ahead to design and ...
It was founded in 1962 as the Australian Aircraft Restoration Group, in an attempt to maintain a World War II-era Bristol Beaufighter aircraft. It has since become a museum, with a large aircraft collection. It was known as the Australian National Aviation Museum up until October 2021. As of 2021 it held nearly 60 aircraft and 25 engines. [1]
The aircraft was an Australian development of the T-6 Texan training aircraft. During World War II, the emergency fighter CAC Boomerang was based on the Wirraway. The Wirraway was also operated by the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm and the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Friedrich Wilhelm "Fred" David, an Austrian Jew, who became the most significant aircraft designer for the Australian aircraft industry during World War Two; having been one of only a few people to have worked for both sides (Allies and Axis powers) in designing aircraft used during the war. David's most famous aircraft was the CAC Boomerang ...
The CAC CA-15, was an Australian propeller-driven fighter aircraft designed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) during World War II.Due to protracted development, the project was not completed until after the war, and was cancelled after flight testing, when the advent of jet aircraft was imminent.
The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which were at war during World War II ... CAC Boomerang: Australia: 1943: 250 ...