Issued by the Department of Aircraft Production, Melbourne - February 1946
CAC Wackett |
 |
DAP Beaufighter |
 |
DAP Beaufort |
 |
DH Tiger Moth |
 |
CAC Wirraway |
 |
DH Dragon |
 |
CAC Boomerang |
 |
DH Mosquito |
 |
CAC Mustang |
 |
Avro Lincoln |
 |
Avro Tudor |
 |
Figures That Tell The Story!
Here are the vital facts of Australia's aircraft industry, the impressive record which emphasises the achievement of Australia's seven million people in establishing a strikingly successful aircraft industry
under war conditions: |
Item |
Type |
Produced by |
First |
Original |
Production |
| (A) AIRCRAFT |
Beaufort |
Twin-engined torpedo bomber |
Department of Aircraft Production |
August 1941 |
August 1944 |
700 |
Beaufighter |
Twin-engined intruder/attack fighter |
do * (1) |
May 1944 |
January 1946 |
364 |
Lincoln (Lancaster) |
Four-engined heavy bomber |
do |
------- |
------ |
[In production] |
| Tudor (Lancaster) | Four-engined military transport |
do | ------ | ------ | do |
Wirraway |
Single-engine trainer |
Commwealth Aircraft Corporation |
July 1939 |
June 1942 |
739 |
Wackett |
Single-engine trainer |
do |
May |
1942 |
|
| Boomerang | Single-engine interceptor-fighter |
do | August 1942 | 1945 | 250 |
| Mustang | Single-engine |
do | May 1945 | -------- | 59 |
| Tiger Moth | Trainer |
De Havilland Aircraft Pty. Ltd * (3) | 1940 | 1942 | |
| Dragon | Twin-engined transport, trainer and ambulance | do. | October 1942 | June 1943 | 87 |
| Mosquito | Twin-engined fighter-bomber/intruder |
do. | March 1944 | ------- | 158 |
| (B) ENGINES |
Single row Wasp |
650hp 9-cylinder, air-cooled radial |
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation | January 1939 | September 1943 | 680 |
Twin-row Wasp |
1200hp 14-cylinder, air-cooled two-row radial |
do | November 1941 | June 1945 | 870 |
Rolls-Royce Merlin |
1650hp 12-cylinder, Vee-type liquid-cooled in-line | do | ------ | ----- | [In production] |
| Gipsy Major | 130hp 4-cylinder, air-cooled in-line | General Motors Holden Ltd. | September 1940 | March 1944 | 1,300 |
* (1) Deliveries of Beaufighter’s were terminated at 364 instead of 450 ordered.
* (2) The original order was for 620 Wirraways. Deliveries against a subsequent order commenced March, 1944, and are to be terminated at 757 aircraft. The Company also developed a twin-engined bomber of which the production prototype only was manufactured, the project being terminated to enable capacity to be concentrated upon production of Mustang fighters to a total of 250. A prototype single-engine experimental fighter aircraft is being developed and has mode its first flights.
* (3) De Havilland Aircraft Pty. Ltd., completed orders for 1,035 Tiger Moths in August 1942, and delivered 35 more between September, 1944, and January, 1945. The Company also designed gliders and built eight. Mosquito aircraft deliveries are to be terminated 209.
| HYDRAULIC LANDING GEAR: |
Production of oleo legs, fail wheel struts and retracting gear by National Motor Springs Pty. Ltd has aggregated:
- 1,314 Oleo Frames for Beauforts
- 706 Oleo Frames for Beaufighters
- 763 Tail Wheel Struts for Beauforts
- 781 Tail Wheel Struts for Beaufighters
- 770 Retracting Gears for Beauforts
- 610 Retracting Gears for Beaufighters