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    Airframe Family: Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) CA-1/CA-3/CA-5/CA-7/CA-8/CA-9/CA-10/CA-16 Wirraway
    Latest Model:CA-3 Wirraway
    Last Military Serial:A20-99 RAAF
    Construction Number:97
    Last Civil Registration:VH-JMZ
    Latest Owner or Location:Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (H.A.R.S.), Wollongong Airport, Wollongong, New South Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as a CA-3.
    Manufactured at CACs Fishermans Bend plant

    August 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A20-99.

    1958

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Australian Air Force.
    And sold as scrap.

    1958

    To Ralph Moyle, Kenmare Rainbow, Victoria.

    Stored from 1960 to 1970.

    1970

    To RAAF Air Training Corps, Ballarat, Victoria.

    1974

    To Pearce Dunn.
    Displayed at Warbirds Aviation Museum at Mildura Victoria.

    24 November 2003

    To Eric Ernest Lundberg with c/r VH-JMZ.

    Restoration started.
    Being restored by a team headed by Bill Smith at the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society at Illawarra Regional airport in New South Wales.

    26 April 2005

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-JMZ (CA-3 MK II, CA3-97).

    5 January 2006

    To Eric Lundberg, Bonnells Bay, NSW.

    Based at Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (H. A. R. S.), Wollongong Airport, Wollongong, New South Wales.
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    2015


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: Under restoration at Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (H.A.R.S.), Wollongong Airport in New South Wales
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