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Though really a trainer, the Wirraway was forced into combat in the darkest days of the New Guinea campaign. As a fighter aircraft it was armed with two forward firing .303 guns with a second crew member operating a single .303 from the rear cockpit. Australia acquired 755 Wirraways with the type being in service from 1939 through till 1959.
Reflections — CAC Wirraway
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Cac Wirraway
Commodore Norman Lee continues his series of articles on aircraft he flew during his 33 year service with the RAN and RN Fleet Air Arm.
After sixty odd hours of Tiger Moth flying it came time to move on to the Wirraway.
This was something we had all been looking forward to with mixed feelings. On the one hand it meant a much faster aircraft, retractable undercarriage, brakes, flaps and a constant speed airscrew, however it also meant coping with the dreaded wing drop and ground loop which we had heard so much about.
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