....... great account . .. . suppose Matt Denning knows the Fred David story, Matt, the all time Boomer source of lore, legend and how to build one up from many components.
(Took Matt years, starting in his youth . . but in the end he did it and now flies the one Temora acquired from him) In my youth in Canberra, one AIRCDRE Lloyd Davies, RAAF ret'd . .. . gave me some photo prints from his archive. The one of a Boomerang has written on the back .. 'Ground-looping little bastard'.
. . . and a favourite wartime shot . . . .. Alf Clare flying Sinbad 11 .. . .
AWM caption : Mareeba, Qld. 1944-03-15. "White Feller's Boomerang" in flight. An Australian-built
CAC Boomerang fighter aircraft coded BF-S (serial no. A46-126) nicknamed "Sinbad II" of No. 5 (Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron RAAF, piloted by 402769 Flight Lieutenant A. W. B. Clare of Newcastle, NSW.
