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For Commonwealth Aircraft Corp (CAC) Australian-built Mustang & Sabre: see under North American Last updated 1 July 2021 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORP WIRRAWAY ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 8 • CA-1 A20-10 RAAF BOC 7.9.39: retired RAAF Tocumwal NSW 10.57/60 Mk. 1 RAAF Tocumwal NSW: listed for disposal 4.12.58 Commonwealth Aircraft Corp, Melbourne VIC 23.3.60/63 (trucked to CAC Fishermans Bend VIC ex Tocumwal: stored at Fishermans Bend plant for CA-28 Ceres production, not used: disposal 9.63) John Hopton, Melbourne VIC 9.63 Moorabbin Air Museum, Moorabbin Airport VIC 11.63/14 (moved by road to Moorabbin 1.11.63, displ. as camouflaged RAAF “A20-10”) nn: Australian National Aviation Museum 00/21 (repainted .14 prewar silver “A20-10”, engine runs) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 • CA-1 A20-13 RAAF BOC 3.39: retired RAAF Tocumwal NSW 57/60 Mk. 1 Commonwealth Aircraft Corp, Melbourne VIC 5.60/63 (stored CAC Fishermans Bend plant for CA-28 Ceres production, not used: disposal 11.63) W. Gordon Scrap Metals, Werribee VIC 11.63 Tom King, Melbourne VIC: static rest. 11.63/66 William G. Chapman/ PNG War Memorial Trust, Port Moresby: shipped ex Melbourne .67 National Museum, Port Moresby PNG 70/15 (stored under cover in museum yard, Aniua Street, Port Moresby 04, stored at PNG War Museum 14) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 72 • CA-3 A20-74 RAAF BOC 8.40: sold for scrap, SOC 5.52 Mk. II Travis Hughes, Kyneton VIC 90/10 (long term static rest. project, Kyneton) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 79 • CA-3 A20-81 RAAF BOC 9.40: sold fo scrap, SOC 5.57 Mk. II Pearce Dunn/ Warbirds Aviation Museum, 75/80 Mildura VIC: stripped frame, dism. Michael Muelders, Adelaide SA 85 Peter Sledge, Sydney NSW .85/91 (rest. to fly, Melbourne-Essendon VIC 87/89) Ed Field & Paul Lobston, Hong Kong .91/92 Ed Field & Darryl K. Hill/ Wirraway 81 Pty Ltd Hong Kong 5.92/95 VH-WWY Wirraway A20-81 Pty Ltd, Caboolture QLD 1.3.95/04 (rest. Caboolture 92/95, ff 24.3.95 by Ed Field, flew as camouflaged RAAF “A20-176") dam. landing, Kingaroy QLD (repaired) 18.5.97 Tony Adler/ Classic Aero Pty Ltd, Brisbane QLD 05/11 Stephen Searle/ Wirraway Aviation Museum, Kallangur QLD .11 (flies as camouflaged RAAF “A20-176/D”) PDRL Pty Ltd, Fern Bay NSW 15.9.11/13 Paul Bennet/ Bennet Airshows Pty Ltd, Maitland NSW 13.6.13/20 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 97 • CA-3 A20-99 RAAF BOC 8.40: sold for scrap, SOC 10.58 Mk. II Ralph Moyle, Kenmare, Rainbow VIC : dism. on farm 60/74 RAAF Air Training Corps, Ballarat VIC: loan 70/74 VH-JML Eric Lundberg, RAAF Richmond NSW: reg. res. .74/90 (rest. to fly RAAF Richmond 88, nearing completion at Sydney-Bankstown NSW 03) Eric Lundberg & Bob Mather, Sydney NSW 95/03 VH-JMZ Eric E. Lundberg, Bonnells Bay NSW 24.11.03/19 (rest. continues 14 as a joint venture between Lundberg, Robert Greinert, Jay Lazarus, Jack Smid, Bill Smith, Jason Cockayne and Historical Aircraft Rest. Society) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 103 • CA-5 A20-103 RAAF BOC 9.40: held for museum use Mk. II Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT .59/20 (shot down Japanese Zero, Rabaul 12.42) (static rest. at AWM .97, displ. as "A20-103/D/Ugh") ________________________________________________________________________________________ 136 • CA-7 A20-136 RAAF BOC 10.40: sold for scrap, SOC 5.57 Mk.II RAAF Tocumwal NSW: retired, sold for scrap 57 (stripped fuselage on belly with many other scrapped Wirraways noted at Tocumwal 9.61) Pearce Dunn/ Warbirds Aviation Museum, Mildura VIC 70/82 Jack McDonald, Melbourne VIC: stored .82 (VH-CAC) ntu: Peter N. Anderson, Sydney NSW 84/92 (rest. project, Sydney-Bankstown NSW) Jack McDonald, Caboolture QLD: project .92/00 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 158 • CA-7 A20-158 RAAF BOC 11.40: sold for scrap, SOC 5.57 Mk. II Paul L. Wheeler, Romsey VIC, later Brisbane QLD 95/07 (rest. to fly at Romsey then Brisbane, using parts from CA-28 Ceres wrecks acquired in New Zealand) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 223 • CA-7 A20-223 RAAF BOC 3.41: retired RAAF Tocumwal NSW 57/60 Mk. II Commonwealth Aircraft Corp, Melbourne VIC 6.60/63 (stored CAC Fishermans Bend plant for CA-28 Ceres production, not used: disposal 11.63) W. Gordon Scrap Metals, Werribee VIC 11.63 Mark Pilkington, Lara VIC 85/92 (rest. project, using parts from A20-601 & A20-605) Robert M. Mather & Dennis Baxter, Sydney NSW 98/07 (long-term rest. project, using parts from 9 Wirraways and CA-28 Ceres VH-DAT: see below) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 224 • CA-7 A20-224 RAAF BOC 3.41: retired RAAF Tocumwal NSW 57/60 Mk. II Commonwealth Aircraft Corp, Melbourne VIC 3.60/63 (stored CAC Fishermans Bend plant for CA-28 Ceres production, not used: disposal 11.63) W. Gordon Scrap Metals, Werribee VIC 11.63 Bob Hogg, Noble Park, Melbourne VIC (fuse. in backyard garage: used as child’s playtoy) Robert Greinert & John White/ Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Sydney NSW 85/92 Robert M. Mather & Dennis Baxter, Sydney NSW 94/07 (used in rest. project of A20-223: see above) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 233 • CA-7 A20-233 RAAF BOC 3.41: sold for scrap, SOC 11.45 Mk. II Pearce Dunn/ Warbirds Aviation Museum, Mildura VIC: stripped airframe, dism. 70/81 Flygvapenmuseum, Linkoping, Sweden .81/20 (shipped in container ex Australia 29.8.81, arr. Sweden 13.10.81: planned rest. as Sk 14) Sk 14A static rest. project at Stockholm-Tullinge 82/02 to replica represent a Swedish AF NA-16-4M/Sk 14A, using Wirraway forward fuse. and Yale airframe: completed fuse. moved from Tullinge to Linkoping 22.10.02 for final assembly, completed 03, displ. as RSwAF “17005/5-110”) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 496 CA-8 A20-295 RAAF BOC 6.41: sold for scrap, SOC 5.57 Mk. II RAAF Tocumwal NSW: retired, sold for scrap 57 Brendon Lynn, Kurrajong NSW 90/02 (stored in garage at his house: airworthy rest. project) garage burnt by bushfire, Wirraway parts collection dest. but fuselage frame salvagable 25.12.01 ________________________________________________________________________________________ 605 • CA-8 A20-404 RAAF BOC 29.10.41: Mk. II ditched in lake near Bairnsdale VIC 14.3.42 Jason Stagg, Heyfield VIC 98/15 (recov. from lake, long-term airworthy rest. project) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 712 • CA-9 A20-511 RAAF BOC 1.42: SOC 8.56 Mk. II RAAF East Sale VIC: inst. airframe 56/59 (acquired by crop dusting company, stripped for parts for CA-28 Ceres at West Sale VIC) Richard E. Hourigan, Melbourne VIC 1.62/70 (stripped airframe recov. ex West Sale VIC 1.62, stored dism. at Moorabbin Air Museum 62/69, moved to owner's house 8.69 for static rest.) Richard E. Hourigan & Ron Lee, Melbourne VIC 70/95 (static rest. Moorabbin as "RAAF A20-502/BF-O", Moorabbin Air Museum, Moorabbin VIC: loan 70/71 Warbirds Aviation Museum, Mildura VIC: loan 7.71/83 Eureka Aviation Museum, Ballarat VIC: loan, displ. 85/95 Ron Lee & Ralph Cusack, Brisbane QLD 97/98 Mathew Grigg, Ballarat VIC 98/02 Ballarat Aviation Museum, Ballarat VIC: loan, displ. 95/20 (static displ. as camouflaged RAAF “A20-502/BF-O") ________________________________________________________________________________________ 748 • CA-9 A20-547 RAAF BOC 3.42: retired, stored RAAF Tocumwal 56 Mk. II L. & M. Newman, Tocumwal NSW: SOC 5.56 (trucked to his farm from RAAF Tocumwal .56) Rowen Bishop, Albury NSW 98/01 (fuse. frame recov. ex farm, Tocumwal NSW: long-term static rest. project) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 761 • CA-9 A20-560 RAAF BOC 3.42: SOC 7.42 Mk. II Travis Hughes, Kyneton VIC 98/10 (long-term static rest. project Kyneton) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 771 CA-9 A20-570 VH-AAZ Commonwealth Aircraft Corp, Melbourne VIC 55/62 Mk. II (radio callsign: DCA approved use for CA-28 Ceres pilot training in vicinity of CAC's Fishermans Bend airfield, Melbourne, painted as "CA9-763") rep. sold to Bruce Hearn, Melbourne VIC 11.63 dismantled for Ceres parts by CAC c63 (note: c/n 763 on plate (ie. A20-562), but airframe is confirmed as A20-570: wings & cowlings later used on restoration of A20-653/VH-BFF) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 792 • CA-9 A20-591 RAAF BOC 5.42: SOC 11.48 Mk. II Michael Higgins, Stonehaven VIC 94/00 (long-term composite rest. project based on parts) VH-MHP Michael Higgins, Stonehaven VIC: reg. 29.11.00/20 (planned rest. to fly, using CA-28 Ceres mainplane) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 807 CA-9 A20-606 RAAF BOC 6.42: retired RAAF