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    Airframe Family: Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) CA-1/3/5/7/8/9/16 Wirraway
    Latest Model:CA-16 Wirraway
    Last Military Serial:A20-688 RAAF
    Construction Number:1140
    Compressed ID:Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (...
    Latest Owner or Location:The RAAFA Aviation Heritage Museum, Bullcreek, Perth, Western Australia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CA-16.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A20-688.

    Circa 1970

    Instructional airframes at Midland Technical School Aeronautical Annexenear Perth Airport.

    January 1970


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: CAC Wirraway A20-688 and CAC Mustang A68-71 were instructional airframes at Midland Technical School Aeronautical Annexe near Perth Airport. Photographed there in January 1970

    23 July 1973


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: The Wirraway was acquired by the Air Force Association for their planned museum. Bristow Helicopters provided Westland Wessex VH-SJD to airlift the Wirraway from Perth Airport to the AFA Estate at Bull Creek on 20 July 1973

    November 1974


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: A20-688 painted in wartime RAAF scheme, displayed at an airshow at Beverley WA in November 1974

    31 March 1994


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: A20-688 as BF-R in the RAAF-Museum Perth, Western Australia

    To The Royal Australian Air Force Association, Bullcreek, Perth, Western Australia.
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    Markings Applied: 668

    5 April 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the Aviation Heritage Museum of Western Australia at Bull Creek, Perth

    To The RAAFA Aviation Heritage Museum, Bullcreek, Perth, Western Australia.
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