Inside the archive # 3
Forget the quintessentially Australian name; the Boomerang story more sums up the Australian can-do attitude that guided the nation through WWII. Dreamt up in response to an urgent need for a fighter aircraft, the type moved from approval to first flight in 16 weeks, debuting in 1942. It’s a feat RAAF today rightly calls a “remarkable achievement”.
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