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War in the Air

During the war, 249,000 men and women served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Canada and overseas. Under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, more than 131,000 Canadian and allied aircrew were trained for combat duty in Canada. Canadian bomber, fighter, transport and reconnaissance aircraft played a major role in the defeat of Germany.


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