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Missing-Man Formation, a familiar sight over wartime airfields, is flown by members of Canadian Warplane Heritage at Saturday's air show as a way of b(...)
Missing-Man Formation, a familiar sight over wartime airfields, is flown by members of Canadian Warplane Heritage at Saturday's air show as a way of b(...)

Missing-Man Formation, a familiar sight over wartime airfields, is flown by members of Canadian Warplane Heritage at Saturday's air show as a way of b(...)

Date9/15/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Missing-Man Formation, a familiar sight over wartime airfields, is flown by members of Canadian Warplane Heritage at Saturday's air show as a way of bidding farewell to colleague Alan Ness, 51, of Toronto who was killed day before. Mitchell bomber leads flight of Harvard trainers.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object NumberTSPA_0003343F
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