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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook)
@canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social
Educational A source for factual information about our proud Canadian history of military activity, historical events, stories, personalities that built Canada, shaped Canada, transformed Canada into the free & strong nation of today.NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING!
Indeed Flight tech progressed at breakneck speed in WW2

1st Curtiss Tomahawks entered service with the RAF, with No. 403 SqnRCAF in 1941 (UK)
soon replaced by Spitfires as production ramped up-thanks to Canadian Lord Beaverbrook
P-40s at home
But imagine enemy planes on West Coast? 1 Million to 1
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
P-40s Kittyhawk were NOT a Typhoon-few planes were!
P-40 the most widely used aircraft of WW2
Canadian ace Stocky Edwards loved it
Kittyhawks served well in Canadian Home Defence Sqns Nos 14 111 118 132 133 & 135
SL Ken Boomer shot down only RCAF ZERO of the war
Many improvements over the 1941 P-40
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM