CAC Wirraway Skins

                       RAAF Army Cooperation Wirraways

All of these beautifully detailed and historically authentic skins were created by Peter Haley (AGAS_5)

They are all fully compatible with the new version of the Au_Mav  CAC Wirraway.

4. CAC Wirraway  No. 5 Army Cooperation Squadron RAAF, New Guinea, 1943.

This particular aircraft represents A20-292, an RAAF CA-8 Wirraway that was delivered in June 1941. It subsequently served with No 5 Sqn in 1943 and was converted to components in June 1957. To download this skin click onto the image above. (Zip file 765 kb.)

5. CAC Wirraway 'QE-V'  No. 4 Army Cooperation Squadron RAAF, New Guinea, 1944.

This particular aircraft represents A20-328, an RAAF CA-8 Wirraway that was delivered in September 1941. It subsequently served with No. 4 Sqn in 1944 and was converted to components in January 1946.To download this skin click onto the image above. (Zip file 764 kb.)

5. CAC Wirraway 'D', A20-103 No. 4 Army Cooperation Squadron RAAF, New Guinea, 1942.

This particular aircraft represents A20-103, an RAAF CA-5 Wirraway that was delivered in September 1940. It subsequently served with 4 Sqn and was piloted by Flying Officer J.S. Archer with Observer/Airgunner Flight Sergeant  J.L. Coulston. Together, they shot down a Zero in December 1942 in the vicinity of Gona, New Guinea.

Soon afterwards, a formal message was received at 4 Sqn headquarters from an accompanying aircraft read:  " Archer has shot down one Zeke, repeat one Zeke! Send six bottles of beer. "

Archer and Coulston pose for the official photographer after their exploit.

         Air Enthusiast 1993.

There is a slight controversy about the nose art on this aircraft...

The character was based on one from a series of cartoons of hell from a popular men's magazine of the day. The exhibit at the Canberra War Museum carries an inaccurate 'wheeled' snake cartoon from the same series.

A20-103 remains 'on charge' and is located at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia. To download this skin, click onto the CFS2 screenshot image above. (Zip file 763 kb.)

Peter Haley also produced another version of A20-103 as it appears in the Australian War Museum in Canberra. It carries the 'wheeled snake' cartoon.

Someone at the AWM needs to get their finger out. The information about the inaccuracies on their paint job on this Wirraway have been published for more than ten years now by a number of aviation history experts, including Pentland. There are even wartime photos in print showing what the artwork really did look like on this aircraft. It is a similar story to the Mk.IIa Spitfire kindly presented by the British Government to Australia. The Poms thoughtfully chose a Spitfire that had served in the RAAF 452 Squadron based at Tangmere in mid 1941 that was on occasions, flown by the great Aussie ace 'Bluey' Truscott.  It ended its career in an RAF operational training unit. It would be nice if the AWM had not been so gormless, to leave it in its OTU paint scheme and repaint it in its original RAAF livery. You can see parts of it in the background of the photo above.

Anyhow, if you want the skin of the Wirraway A20-103 with the AWM nose marking click onto the image below:

Maybe the AWM could employ Pete gainfully to work on the real planes, eh?