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A RAAF Boomerang aircraft. No. 85 Squadron's aircraft were identical.

No. 85 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force fighter squadron which provided air defence to Western Australia during World War II. The Squadron was formed at Guildford, Western Australia in February 1943. While initially equipped with obsolete Brewster Buffalo fighters, the Squadron received more modern Boomerang fighters at the end of April 1943. Due to the almost non-existent level of Japanese activity over Western Australia the Squadron did not see action during the War. No. 85 Squadron was re-equipped with Spitfire V aircraft in September 1944 and was disbanded in December 1945.