CAC Boomerang
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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 J
A Boomerang from No. 5 Squadron RAAF
Boomerangs under construction at CAC's factory at Fishermans Bend
A46-89 Fuselage
Wing Commander A. E. Cook in the cockpit of a CAC Boomerang fighter
Brewster F2A Buffalo
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The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes w
CAC Boomerang
…Malayan squadrons were equipped with Lockheed Hudson medium bombers, one with Wirraways as general purpose aircraft, and another with the lacklustre Brewster Buffalo fighter. There was a distinct need of a strong Australian fighter force at that time. While most RAAF aircraft came from the UK, by 1942, the British…
Brewster F2A 3 Buffalo in flight near NAS Miami, Florida, on 2 August 1942
Brewster XF2A-1 prototype
LT John S. Thach tipped this F2A-1 onto its nose on Saratoga, March 1940
F2A-3s serving as U.S. Navy training aircraft at NAS Miami, 1942–1943