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Australian War Memorial #000626/06
Commonwealth Aircraft
Corporation was a state corporation of Australia founded in 1936 that produced aircraft for use in
the Second World
War. By the time its factories came into production, the war had spread
to the Pacific and its aircraft were used in that theater. Models
produced included the Beaufort torpedo bomber and the Wirraway and Boomerang fighters. Over 1700 airframes were produced during the war. The chief factory was at
Fishermen's Bend, near Melbourne.
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