CAC Boomerang (historical)

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The CAC Boomerang was an Australian-built World War II fighter aircraft designed and produced rapidly for the Royal Australian Air Force, notable for being one of the first combat aircraft manufactured entirely in Australia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
CAC Boomerang 4
CAC Boomerang (historical) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
single‑engine aircraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CA-12 Boomerang ⓘ
armament 2 × 20 mm cannon ⓘ
4 × 0.303 in machine guns ⓘ
bombs on underwing racks ⓘ
basedOn CAC Wirraway ⓘ
construction all‑metal airframe with fabric‑covered control surfaces ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedBy Fred David ⓘ
Lawrence Wackett ⓘ
developmentReason shortage of modern fighter aircraft for Australia in early World War II ⓘ
engineConfiguration single‑engine ⓘ
engineType radial piston engine ⓘ
enteredRAAFService 1942 ⓘ
firstFlight 1942-05-29 ⓘ
fuselageOrigin derived from CAC Wirraway trainer ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 490 km/h ⓘ
nationalityMarkings RAAF roundel ⓘ
notableFor one of the first combat aircraft manufactured entirely in Australia ⓘ
numberBuilt about 250 ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
powerplant Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp ⓘ
primaryRole fighter ⓘ
productionPeriod 1942–1945 ⓘ
range approximately 1500 km ⓘ
secondaryRole close air support ⓘ
ground attack ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 8900 m ⓘ
serviceEntryYear 1942 ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
survivingExamples preserved in museums and private collections in Australia ⓘ
usedBy No. 4 Squadron RAAF ⓘ
No. 5 Squadron RAAF ⓘ
No. 83 Squadron RAAF ⓘ
No. 84 Squadron RAAF ⓘ
No. 85 Squadron RAAF ⓘ
No. 86 Squadron RAAF ⓘ
usedFor army cooperation ⓘ
tactical reconnaissance ⓘ
usedInConflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
usedInTheatre South West Pacific ⓘ
linked to: South-West Pacific
variant CA-12 ⓘ
CA-13 ⓘ
CA-19 ⓘ
wingConfiguration low‑wing monoplane ⓘ
withdrawnFromFrontlineService mid-1940s ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

No. 23 Squadron RAAF → equipment → CAC Boomerang (historical) ⓘ
RAAF Museum → hasExhibit → CAC Boomerang ⓘ
linked to: CAC Boomerang (historical)
No. 3 Squadron RAAF → operatedAircraftType → CAC Boomerang ⓘ
subject linked to: No. 3 Squadron
linked to: CAC Boomerang (historical)
No. 24 Squadron RAAF → aircraftOperated → CAC Boomerang ⓘ
subject linked to: 24SQN
linked to: CAC Boomerang (historical)
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation → product → CAC Boomerang ⓘ
linked to: CAC Boomerang (historical)