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A68 Mustang in flight. [PRG 247/143/60] • Photograph

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Summary

An A68 CAC Mustang in flight. In 1943 the Australian government arranged for the CAC to manufacture the Mustang Mk IV (P-51D), an American fighter aircraft. The first CAC Mustangs were built mainly from imported parts, and while 200 Mustangs were produced, it was April 1945 before the first Australian production Mustang was flown, and thus the RAAF Mustangs were not used during WWII but were assigned to Japan for occupation duties in 1946, and some took part in the Korean War from June 1950 until April 1951.

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Physical description

Photograph (print)
black and white
Photograph (black and white print), 16.5 cm x 22 cm.

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1945

Creator

Lewis (Family

Collection

Part of Lewis family

Subject

Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (Australia)
Airplanes, Military -- Australia -- Design and construction
Aircraft industry -- Australia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Technology
Wirraway (Training plane)
Wackett (Training plane)
Boomerang (Fighter planes)
Mustang (Fighter planes)
Bombers -- Australia
Fighter planes -- Australia
Training planes -- History
World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia
Defense industries -- Australia
Factories -- Victoria -- Fishermens Bend
Fishermens Bend (Vic.) -- Aerial photographs
Fishermens Bend (Vic.) -- Industries

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Historical information

Established in 1936, the CAC was an Australian manufacturer of military aircraft and engines. Essington Lewis, Chief General Manager of Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP), played a role in initiating the company, after a 1935 visit to Europe convinced him of the probability of war, and encouraged him to lobby the Australian Government to establish a modern aircraft manufacturing industry. The CAC was formed by a syndicate of business such as BHP, ICI and General Motors-Holden to manufacture aircraft for the RAAF. Aircraft were manufactured at the factories located at Lorimer Street, Fishermans Bend, in Port Melbournce, Victoria. Production began in 1938 with the first production aircraft test flight in 1939. In 1985 the CAC became a subsidiary of Hawker de Havilland Limited, and in 1986 changed its name to Hawker de Havilland Victoria Limited.

Digitisation information

Date

01/04/2014

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,402 x 4,945 pixels (31.7 MP)

Size

95.00 MB

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