i heard about it through a local guy that write alternative ww11 books
he is doing a bit of research for a possible alternative s/w pacific book and came across a few interesting aircraft that were offered to australia.
the whirlwind may have been offered before the pearlharbour attacks,when cac was looking for an aeroplane to license build when they built the wirraway,though i’m not sure about this(i know the hurricane and lysander were considered).
as for where he got this information i’m not sure,could have the uk offered ex raf stock? and reaquipped the whirlwind squadrons earlier than hey did?

thanks mark
i’m inclined to agree with you about local whirlwind production 🙁
a shame as i’m almost finished my darwin defender one:eek:(and i think it looks pretty nice in foliage green and dark earth) i think the only way we would have got them is if things wern’t going well in the uk and they were sent in place of spitfires from raf service stock(and replaced in raf service with hurricane mk iv’s.
as to australian production we probably have built (well cac would have forced the raaf’s hand:diablo:)us types au built a 20’s and a26’s maybe.
i’ll have to find out where the writer got his info from about whirlwinds