Phil

I wouldn’t describe the Boomerang as rubbish by any stretch of the imagination – it was not used as a fighter much at all and as far as I know didn’t much go up against enemy aircraft often if ever so who knows how it would have gone – probably badly but we will never really know – when it was concieved there was the threat that Australia wouldn’t be getting the numbers of Spits and P40s as well as Beaufighters that eventually arrived.

The Boomerang did great work as a ground attack and FAC aircraft and was very well respected in this role – it was very well armed and a real threat to the enemy in a valuable way. Watching Matt in the air I would think that it could give a reasonable account of itself against it’s enemy peers in any case – a lot of the time it was more about the capability of the pilot than the aircraft eg Buffalos in Europe Vs Luftwaffe

Kindest regards
John P

PS have to love the blue note/whistle they make in the air

Hi

I don’t like parts being seperated – sometimes they don’t find there way back – I can think of lots of cases where spares had to be replaced on aircraft where the original components were lost.

JDK – I was laso horrified to see one of the worlds most original WW11 Spitfires in the AWM had been cut about to mount her on the pole in the AWM – WHAT!!! were they thinking !!!

Regards
John P

Happy to assist if you need help – it is something I do for a living

Regards
John P

Hi Ant

Thanks for that – just had a nice breakfast on my own to celebrate at the Cafe on the corner near me – was nice though -= car racing to watch this afternoon – then back to work tomorrow .

Regards
John p

I put this shot up elsewhere

Now this is a bizare air racer – a Westland Wapati or the RAAF with special streamlining for an air race in NSW in the 1930s Note the rear cockpit fairing and streamlined wires etc

Regards
John P