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pp. xv, 691. Black and white photos. List of abbreviations and symbols. Alphabetical list of aircraft with cross references. Bilingual English/French text. Printed upon glossy stock. Represents "the first attempt to consolidate basic information such as type, serial, source, and disposition of all the more than 22,000 military aircraft that have been used in Canada by Canadian military forces." - Forward. "Contains an individual entry for every aircraft on charge or on formal loan to the Military Air Forces of Canada from inception through to 31 January 1968, the eve of the creation of the unified Canadian Armed Forces. All aircraft are cross referenced by type listing and registration. In addition the civil registration provided in Chapter 10 give an insight into the disposition or the acquisition of civil types used by the military, or military types used for civil applications." - xi. Moderate wear to unmarked book. Moderate lean to spine. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this extraordinary reference which represents eight years of devoted research by the author, who flew Liberators in the Second World War. Cooke [3e] p.334 Book