CAC Woomera
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The CA-4 Wackett Bomber and CA-11 Woomera were prototype twin-engine light bombers, including torpedo and dive-bombing capabilities, developed by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Australia, during
CA-4 Wackett Bomber prototype A23-1001.
Lawrence Wackett
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Sir Lawrence James Wackett is widely regarded as "father of the Australian aircraft industry". He has been described as "one of the towering figures in the history of Australian aviation covering, as
CAC Woomera
…locations, including railway workshops, and in doing so it by-passed the local aircraft company, the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation. CAC, under Sir Lawrence Wackett, began work on its own design, hoping to out-perform the Beaufort by building a machine that could serve as both a torpedo-bomber and dive bomber. To…
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At Kantara, Egypt, circa. May 1917 (far right)
The Warbler at the Australian Aerial Derby, 1924.