The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PHOTO NO.7350. SILHOUETTE SHOT AT THE COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION FACTORY WHICH HAS PRODUCED PLANES BUILT AND DESIGNED IN AUSTRALIA SINCE SHORTLY BEFORE THE WAR. THE WIRRAWAY BUILT AT THE FACTORY IS USED AS A TRAINER PLANE, AND THE BOOMERANG, A FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR, WAS USED TO GIVE AIR SUPPORT IN THE LAE CAMPAIGN IN NEW GUINEA. PLANES IN THE PICTURE ARE WIRRAWAYS.
BOOMERANG TAKES OFF. THE NEW AUSTRALIAN MADE FIGHTER-INTERCEPTOR PLANE, THE BOOMERANG, PARTICIPATED SUCCESSFULLY IN THE ALLIED LANDINGS NEAR LAE. HERE THE FIRST BOOMERANG TAKES OFF ON ITS TEST FLIGHT
Wings for the CA-2 Wackett trainer are being finished before going to another factory which produces the completed aircraft. The CA-2 Wackett aircraft is built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
(DATE TAKEN AND LOCATION UNKNOWN). THE WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURED IN AUSTRALIA BY THE COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION PTY LTD. FROM 1939-07 TO 1946-07 755 WIRRAWAYS WERE PRODUCED BY THE CAC.
Melbourne, Vic. 1945-04-29. CAC Mustang aircraft A68-1 on the tarmac at Fishermens Bend prior to its first flight. This aircraft is the first of its type to come off an Australian assembly line and wa
Melbourne, Vic. 1945-04-29. CAC Mustang aircraft A68-1 flying over the airstrip at Fishermens Bend during its first flight. This aircraft is the first of its type to come off an Australian assembly li
Melbourne, Vic. 1945-04-29. CAC Mustang aircraft A68-1 flying over the airstrip at Fishermens Bend during its first flight. This aircraft is the first of its type to come off an Australian assembly li
