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). It was the first combat aircraft designed and constructed in Australia.
CAC Boomerang
Boomerangs under construction at CAC's factory at Fishermans Bend
A46-89 Fuselage
Pilot in the cockpit of a CAC Boomerang fighter
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) was an Australian aircraft manufacturer. The CAC was established in 1936, to provide Australia with the capability to produce military aircraft and engines.
Wirraway aircraft under construction at a CAC factory in 1940
CAC Boomerang
The prototype CAC CA-15 "Kangaroo"
Commonwealth CA-28 Ceres agricultural aircraft