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CAC WIRRAWAY

The CAC Wirraway (an Aboriginal word meaning "challenge") was a training and general purpose military aircraft manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) between 1939 and 1946. The aircraft was an Australian development of the North American NA-16 training aircraft.

During World War II, the Wirraway saw action, in a makeshift light bomber/ground attack capacity, against Japanese forces. It was also the starting point for the design of an "emergency fighter", the CAC Boomerang.

Fishermen's Bend, Vic. 1940-02-02. At the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory, employees move a partly constructed Wirraway to a more advanced position in the assembly line.

At the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory at Fishermen's Bend, Victoria, employees move a partly constructed Wirraway to a more advanced position in the assembly line, February 2, 1940.

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