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De Havilland Mosquito of 418 (City of Edmonton) Squadron, RCAF.
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418 Squadron was one of the top-scoring fighter squadrons in the RCAF during the Second World War. Pilots dropped bricks wrapped in Edmonton Journals into enemy territory on their first mission after being adopted by Edmonton in the summer of 1943.
NAC PA-145679