page_title: CAC Wirraway
section_title: Surviving aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: CAC Wirraway / Surviving aircraft
caption_attribution_description: English: Commonwealth CA-1 Wirraway CA-1 A20-10 preserved at Moorabbin Airport Melbourne Vic in 1970
context_page_description: The CAC Wirraway was a training and general purpose military aircraft manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation between 1939 and 1946. It was an Australian development of the North American NA-16 training aircraft. The Wirraway has been credited as being the foundation of Australian aircraft manufacturing.
  During the Second World War, both the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal Australian Navy deployed a number of Wirraways into combat roles, where they served in a makeshift light bomber/ground attack capacity, striking against the advancing forces of the Empire of Japan. While the type had been primarily used as a trainer and general purpose aircraft, being present in small quantities within the majority of front-line squadrons for these purposes, the aircraft was often pressed into combat when required. Typically, fighter versions of the Wirraway were operated over theatres such as New Guinea to perform ground attack missions and other Army co-operation tasks over extended periods until more advanced aircraft had become available in sufficient quantities.
context_section_description: A20-10 – CA-1 on static display at the Australian National Aviation Museum in Melbourne. This airframe is the eighth production and oldest surviving Wirraway.
  A20-13 – CA-1 in storage at the Papua New Guinea Museum in Port Moresby.
  A20-81 – CA-3 airworthy with Paul Bennet in Rutherford, New South Wales. It is painted as A20-176.
  A20-99 – CA-3 under restoration to airworthy with the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Wollongong, New South Wales.
  A20-103 – CA-5 on static display at the Australian War Memorial in Campbell, Australian Capital Territory.
  A20-511 – CA-9 on static display at the Ballarat Aviation Museum in Ballarat, Victoria. It is painted as A20-502.
  A20-649 – CA-16 stored at the Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.
  A20-651 – CA-16 on static display at the Museum of Victoria in Melbourne, Victoria.
  A20-652 – CA-16 airworthy at the Queensland Air Museum in Caloundra, Queensland.
  A20-653 – CA-16 airworthy at the Temora Aviation Museum in Temora, New South Wales.
  A20-685– CA-16 on static display at the Camden Aviation Museum in Narellan, New South Wales This private museum is currently not open to the public.
  A20-687 – CA-16 in storage at the RAAF Museum in Point Cook, Victoria. It is painted as CA-9 A20-561.
  A20-688 – CA-16 on static display at the Aviation Heritage Museum in Bull Creek, Western Australia.
  A20-695 – CA-16 airworthy at the Caboolture Warplane Museum of Caboolture, Queensland.
  A20-704 – CA-16 under restoration to airworthy Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.
  A20-722 – CA-16 was airworthy with Borg Sorensen, now retired on static display at the Nhill Aviation Museum at Nhill, Victoria.
caption: The oldest surviving Wirraway preserved at Moorabbin Airport Melbourne.
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