Corvette K-225 (1943)

Richard Rosson, Howard Hawks

The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

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Private A.R. Quinn, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (P.P.C.L.I.), with captured accordion, Gambarie, Italy, September 1943.

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1950 A North Star aircraft from the Experimental and Proving Establishment (No 412 Squadron), based in Rockcliffe, Ontario, completes the first non-stop trans-Canada flight in a flying time of 125.2 hours

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M. B. McMurphy, 1945
W. R. McLeod, 1916
R. Bucknum, 1917
F. H. Phippin, 1915
L. A. Lemoine, 1944
E. J. Oakley, 1944
R. T. Letts, 1942
W. I. Nicoll, 1916
L. O. Proverbs, 1918
E. C. Houlding, 1944

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