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  2. CAC Boomerang - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Portal:Military history of Australia/Equipment/8 - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. Portal:Military history of Australia/Equipment/14 - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Second World War in cinema: 20 of the best war movies ... - AOL

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    The romantic drama par excellence spends most of its running time in Rick’s nightclub, apart from the glorious climax at the airport, but with its war-torn setting and those nasty Nazis ...

  6. Fred David - Wikipedia

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    Fred David worked on several projects throughout the war but his most technically advanced aircraft never got past the prototype stage, the CAC CA-15 Kangaroo piston fighter. The project was commissioned in early 1943 to overcome the speed and aeronautical limitations of the CAC Boomerang but the prototype did not fly until March 1946. [ 2 ]

  7. Kerry Washington Stars in Powerful New Trailer for Netflix’s ...

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    Netflix recently dropped the full-length trailer for its upcoming World War II drama, The Six Triple Eight. The film is not only written and directed by Tyler Perry, but it also stars Washington ...

  8. Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Steve McQueen says “Blitz” captures WWII in a way ... - AOL

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    Though the gripping World War II drama is the 12 Years a Slave filmmaker's largest-scale movie to date, it all sprang out of inspiration from one intimate, unshakeable photo that McQueen couldn't ...