RE: ROKA - add

[Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>]

At 02:05 PM 2/27/02 -0500, Daniel T. Fahey wrote:
A version of the T6 was built by Australia using a Pratt 1820 or 2000
1200hp engine.
It was called the Boomerang.
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Well, the Commonwealth CA-12 Boomerang did use a number of NA-33 parts but
it really wasn't a "version" of the North American aircraft but, rather, a
development.  It had a 1200 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp.  Its
armament -- two 20mm and four 0.30 -- was pretty good but its performance
kept it from being used as an air superiority fighter, so it spent its
existence as a very successful ground-attack aircraft.

250 Boomerang's were built at Fishermen's Bend.

Marc

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