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| WWII: At Home: 1943-1945 | |||
| Air
Training Plan The Commonwealth Air Training Plan in 1939, with light training
craft, Cornells, used for preliminary training purposes. ID #20930 |
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| Women's
Service The Women's Naval Service, Communication Centre, in Halifax, during
World
War II. ID #20949 |
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| Vehicle
Production Canadian federal Munitions Minister, C.D. Howe, at the wheel
celebrating one-half million military vehicles on June 19, 1943. ID #20956 |
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| Pictou
Shipyard Women workers at Pictou Shipyard, Pictou, Nova Scotia,
1943. ID #21897 |
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| Mosquito
Fighter A Mosquito fighter-bomber of the City of Edmonton squadron, R.C.A.F.,
July, 1944. These fast, sturdy, Canadian-built craft were effective air support for the
Normandy landings. ID #20940 |
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| Aircraft
Production Producing Canso aircraft at Montreal for World War II. ID #20954 |
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| Troop
Return Canadian troops returning home from Europe, 1945, arriving in Halifax in
late June. ID #20968 |
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| VE-Day
VE-Day celebrations, Alexandria, Glengarry, Ontario, May 1945, to celebrate the end of the
war in Europe. ID #20575 |
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