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Australia was never a nation widely-known for their aviation industry, but they decided to take-up the gauntlet at the start of World War 2 and develop an indigenous Fighter aircraft; the CAC (Commonwealth Aircraft Company) Boomerang. This aircraft was a simple premise; develop a Fighter out of a Basic Trainer that was already known for good performance and maneuverability. Done deal, right?
Well, no. The result was no small embarrassment, saw little combat, suffered several losses in air-to-air combat, and never scored even a single kill. The RAAF soon stopped using them as Fighters.
Though CAC sold the Boomerang on the basis of being an "Emergency Fighter", the it's pundits more wisely labeled it a *"Panic Fighter"*. The design phase was truncated into only 6 months, but the prototyping phase of it's development was skipped to save time --- which HUGELY backfired, because the Boomerang was stuck in development limbo for nearly a whole extra year (during which prototyping could have been used to fix it's many flaws, but wasn't).
The Boomerang in service wasn't so much a "Hangar Queen", a "Dog", or a "Deathtrap", as much as it was simply a wimp. Its climb rate, top speed, maneuverability, range, and high-altitude performance were far too low (and its weight was far too high) in its final configuration. Every attempt at fixing these problems either made them worse, or simply came too late to be of any use.
The bottom line is that a warplane doesn't need to go pear-shaped with a bang to be a disaster; a whimper will suffice.
As usual, meaninter03 edited the script for this presentation for spelling and grammar.
Finally, these are my sources for this presentation...
ww2db.com/aircraft_spec.php?ai…
www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/boo…
www.wwiivehicles.com/australia…
www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum…
www.aviastar.org/gallery/boome…
www.aviastar.org/air/australia…
www.ww2warbirds.net/ww2htmls/c…
www.aviationmuseum.com.au/airc…
www.warbirdregistry.org/boomer…
www.adf-serials.com.au/2a46.ht…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC_Boom…
www.aarg.com.au/cac-boomerang-…
www.militaryfactory.com/aircra…
www.fighterworld.com.au/az-of-…
www.aviationmuseum.com.au/airc…
www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft…
cacboomerang.com.au/
www.ozatwar.com/vic07.htm
dbdesignbureau.buckmasterfamil…
Well, no. The result was no small embarrassment, saw little combat, suffered several losses in air-to-air combat, and never scored even a single kill. The RAAF soon stopped using them as Fighters.
Though CAC sold the Boomerang on the basis of being an "Emergency Fighter", the it's pundits more wisely labeled it a *"Panic Fighter"*. The design phase was truncated into only 6 months, but the prototyping phase of it's development was skipped to save time --- which HUGELY backfired, because the Boomerang was stuck in development limbo for nearly a whole extra year (during which prototyping could have been used to fix it's many flaws, but wasn't).
The Boomerang in service wasn't so much a "Hangar Queen", a "Dog", or a "Deathtrap", as much as it was simply a wimp. Its climb rate, top speed, maneuverability, range, and high-altitude performance were far too low (and its weight was far too high) in its final configuration. Every attempt at fixing these problems either made them worse, or simply came too late to be of any use.
The bottom line is that a warplane doesn't need to go pear-shaped with a bang to be a disaster; a whimper will suffice.
As usual, meaninter03 edited the script for this presentation for spelling and grammar.
Finally, these are my sources for this presentation...
ww2db.com/aircraft_spec.php?ai…
www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/boo…
www.wwiivehicles.com/australia…
www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum…
www.aviastar.org/gallery/boome…
www.aviastar.org/air/australia…
www.ww2warbirds.net/ww2htmls/c…
www.aviationmuseum.com.au/airc…
www.warbirdregistry.org/boomer…
www.adf-serials.com.au/2a46.ht…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC_Boom…
www.aarg.com.au/cac-boomerang-…
www.militaryfactory.com/aircra…
www.fighterworld.com.au/az-of-…
www.aviationmuseum.com.au/airc…
www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft…
cacboomerang.com.au/
www.ozatwar.com/vic07.htm
dbdesignbureau.buckmasterfamil…
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I don't think you're giving the Boomerang enough credit. It may not have performed well as a fighter, but it was very successful as a ground-attack aircraft, and played a major role in supporting the Australian army in the forests of New Guinea.