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The Pacific... 1942. With its traditional allies regrouping and a long way away, Australia had to design, build and put into service its very first fighter … more »

The Pacific... 1942. With its traditional allies regrouping and a long way away, Australia had to design, build and put into service its very first fighter in a matter of months as a stop-gap until reinforcements arrived. The engineers duely emerged from the graveyard of Allied air superiority in South-East Asia with this sassy little "Bride of Frankenstein" - the Boomerang. They used something old and something new, something borrowed... oh, and aside from four .303 machine guns, gave it a pair of 20mm cannons for good measure. Soon made redundant by the arrival of lots of lovely Warhawks and Spitfires, the Boomerang found a niche down on "the deck" in the jungles of New Guinea and Bouganville. They flew so low that Boomerang pilots often found their aircraft were garlanded with sprigs of jungle vegetation!!! That's some mighty serious "army cooperation" flying for you! « Less