CAC Boomerang request thread #1 of 1000

[lyric1]

Where is that from Lyric? Nice to see.

From this site.

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/

Some more info from the same site.

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/ca12bg_1.htm

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/help-info-boomerang-7839.html

[FTJR]

Thanks Mate

[Wmaker]

I'm glad that HTC isn't stupid enough that it would add any aircraft with cannons/forward firing armament to V-bases.

[Dantoo]

Hey Lyric you're underselling the local manufacturing a bit:

700 GAF Beauforts
365 GAF Beaufighters
755 Wirraways
200 Wacketts
100 (ish) P51Ds assembled locally from imported parts in 44/45 followed by about 250? manufactured fully from local resources (mainly through 1946 though)
1070 Tiger Moths
200 + Mosquitoes

and without the time to go checking, I recall a bunch of Ansons and maybe some Oxfords as well?

Oh yeah, nearly forgot - 250 Boomerangs!!  

Here's a bit of video on the Aussie Mossie manufacture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7cVvYdLeek

Nice little primer from the Kiwis on the Boomer here http://vidgrids.com/boomerang-sale
The late and very great Guido Zuccoli restored that one.

Just to go off topic - here is a picture of Guido's Fiat G59-4B, which is of course the later Rolls Royce powered version of the much wished for G55.


rgds

[Fish42]

Some great footage of a Boomerage in flight here,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1WL-jujBg4

And a nice little film from an air show in NZ. High quility sound, LISTEN TO HER HOWL!

http://www.myvido1.com/AVYRGaNVkWGVVRGpXTEdWP_cac-19-boomerang-ww2-fight

[FTJR]

I never knew where Guido got his money, but I liked the way he spent it.  Its been some time now, is there still a Boomer at Archerfield these days?

Anyone know?

[caldera]

Get cracking, HTC.  The sooner you finish updating the old AH1 models, the sooner you can get to working on the Boomerang.

Chop chop!   

[Megalodon]

[Megalodon]

[Megalodon]

Hey Lyric you're underselling the local manufacturing a bit:

700 GAF Beauforts
365 GAF Beaufighters
755 Wirraways
200 Wacketts
100 (ish) P51Ds assembled locally from imported parts in 44/45 followed by about 250? manufactured fully from local resources (mainly through 1946 though)
1070 Tiger Moths
200 + Mosquitoes

and without the time to go checking, I recall a bunch of Ansons and maybe some Oxfords as well?

Oh yeah, nearly forgot - 250 Boomerangs!!  

[lyric1]

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Know it well.

[Megalodon]

Some great footage of a Boomerang in flight here,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1WL-jujBg4

Wow!! Cool!!  I thought this would be in more modern times.

Great!! thank you for posting 

[Dantoo]

Some Boomerang on the Ramu:

http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/pushingback/boomerang.html

[Fish42]

[Fish42]

For the skinners,

The second production CA-12 Boomerang (A46-2).





The 10th CA-12 Boomerang (A46-10) as flown at No 2 OTU, Mildura, NSW, in 1943..


A CA-13 Boomerang (A46-117) of No 4 Sqdn, New Guinea, early 1944.





A CA-13 Boomerang (A46-126) of No 5 Sqdn, Bougainville, 1944.


A CA-13 Boomerang (A46-195) of No 4 Sqdn, New Guinea, late 1943.







From this site, if anyone can read it. http://crimso.msk.ru/Site/Crafts/Craft21574.htm