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Australian and NZ nurses arrive in Crete, April 1941.
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If you talk about improvising, this is the best example: Australians shaving with an axe! 1941
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A Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun crew, Royal Australian Artillery, Sept 1943.
1942, El Alamein area. New Zealanders manning a Vickers gun
Looks like great LOS....from both directions. 
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At least it's a shady spot.
Looks like the guy in the back is leaning over to get the flock out of the sun.
Looks like the guy in the back is leaning over to get the flock out of the sun.
Or he's just using the gunner (no relation?) as a meat shield.
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Australian & NZ aircrew and one of their de Mosquitos.
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Female member of the RNZAF plotting aircraft movements on the plotting table at Base Ohakea, NZ.
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Australian Army jeep train pulling members of the 24th Infantry Brigade. Beaufort, Borneo. July 1945.
Getting it rolling must have been quite the trick.
I can smell the burning clutch from here.
I can smell the burning clutch from here.
Not to mention stopping. I can smell the brakes.Getting it rolling must have been quite the trick.
I can smell the burning clutch from here.
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Aussie soldier inspects an abandoned Japanese 37mm gun and shells from a Type 95 Ha Go tank, N. Guinea, 1942.
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Australian and New Zealand personnel examine a CAC Boomerang fighter aircraft from 5 (Tactical Reconnaissance) Sq. RAAF, based at Piva Airfield at Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, circa Jan 1945.
Australia had never before produced a frontline combat aircraft. The new plane had to use whatever components were already on hand: engines from a torpedo bomber, structural elements from a trainer.
Born with few advantages but succeeding through dogged persistence, the Commonwealth Aircraft Company CA-12 through CA-19 Boomerangs were true -the source say- “Aussie battlers.”
Australia had never before produced a frontline combat aircraft. The new plane had to use whatever components were already on hand: engines from a torpedo bomber, structural elements from a trainer.
Born with few advantages but succeeding through dogged persistence, the Commonwealth Aircraft Company CA-12 through CA-19 Boomerangs were true -the source say- “Aussie battlers.”
Interesting about the roundel.
Learn something new everyday around here.
Thanks Luis for posting,
The CAC Boomerang is a fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation between 1942 and 1945.
Learn something new everyday around here.
Thanks Luis for posting,
The CAC Boomerang is a fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation between 1942 and 1945.
Did it see much action?Interesting about the roundel.
Learn something new everyday around here.
Thanks Luis for posting,
The CAC Boomerang is a fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation between 1942 and 1945.
Curious myself how it did in air combat I found this:
"While the Boomerang was never recorded by the RAAF as having destroyed any enemy aircraft, the type proved to be more useful as a light ground attack aircraft used by Army co-operation squadrons, often replacing the lightly armed Wirraway in this role. In this vital mission, the Boomerang directly contributed to the extensive ground war in the jungles of the South West Pacific theatre, which was often characterized by widely dispersed, small unit actions, which typically fought at close quarters and with uncertain front lines. In addition to strafing Japanese ground forces with cannon and machine gun fire, Boomerangs often dropped smoke bombs to mark targets for other units to attack. The aircraft was also used for artillery spotting, aerial supply drops, tactical reconnaissance, and anti-malarial spraying.
No. 4 Squadron and No. 5 Squadron flew Boomerangs in New Guinea, the Solomon Islands Campaign and Borneo Campaign, also in the close support role, with marked success. Flying in pairs (one to observe the ground, the other to observe the air around them), their tasks included bombing, strafing, close infantry support and artillery spotting."
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"While the Boomerang was never recorded by the RAAF as having destroyed any enemy aircraft, the type proved to be more useful as a light ground attack aircraft used by Army co-operation squadrons, often replacing the lightly armed Wirraway in this role. In this vital mission, the Boomerang directly contributed to the extensive ground war in the jungles of the South West Pacific theatre, which was often characterized by widely dispersed, small unit actions, which typically fought at close quarters and with uncertain front lines. In addition to strafing Japanese ground forces with cannon and machine gun fire, Boomerangs often dropped smoke bombs to mark targets for other units to attack. The aircraft was also used for artillery spotting, aerial supply drops, tactical reconnaissance, and anti-malarial spraying.
No. 4 Squadron and No. 5 Squadron flew Boomerangs in New Guinea, the Solomon Islands Campaign and Borneo Campaign, also in the close support role, with marked success. Flying in pairs (one to observe the ground, the other to observe the air around them), their tasks included bombing, strafing, close infantry support and artillery spotting."
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CAC Boomerang - Wikipedia
By the time the Boomerang was deployed the engine was a couple years out of date, but it's all Australia had access to at the time.
Another thing often overlooked is that when they were stationed at the top end (Darwin, Exmouth), would scramble to intercept incoming bombers, who would then jettison their bombs and turn back once they saw the Boomerangs climbing to intercept - so, while no kills, they probably saved more than a few lives by scaring off the Japanese Bettys.
Another thing often overlooked is that when they were stationed at the top end (Darwin, Exmouth), would scramble to intercept incoming bombers, who would then jettison their bombs and turn back once they saw the Boomerangs climbing to intercept - so, while no kills, they probably saved more than a few lives by scaring off the Japanese Bettys.