The CAC Boomerang : Australia's Own WWII Fighter
$36.95 AUD • Used
Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Colour illustrations by Michael Claringbould. 104 pages. The CAC Boomerang has a uniqu...
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Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Colour illustrations by Michael Claringbould. 104 pages. The CAC Boomerang has a unique place in Australian aviation history, being the nation's only home designed and produced fighter. The design was born in dark days at the start of the Pacific War when the RAAF possessed not a single modern fighter and the southwards onslaught of Japanese forces seemed unstoppable. Lacking the performance of contemporaries such as America's P-39 and P-40 and Japan's Zero, the Boomerang's subsequent history is chequered. It served with three RAAF home defence squadrons in the fighter interceptor role but had only fleeting, unsuccessful, contact with enemy aircraft. However, the Boomerang found its true niche as an army cooperation aircraft, and the type gave very useful service with Nos. 4 and 5 Squadrons in New Guinea and Bougainville. With hindsight the Boomerang provided an insurance policy if other fighters could not be obtained from the US and Britain. In that role it was successful, and its production maintained a skilled wartime workforce at the CAC factory.
Product Info
Publisher: Avonmore Books
Year: 2024
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
First Edition
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