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War Hero: Milo Vassalo of the Maltese Consulate gives Alexander Milne, 81, a congratualtory hug after presenting him with the Maltese George Cross for bravery as an RCAF pilot during World War II
War Hero: Milo Vassalo of the Maltese Consulate gives Alexander Milne, 81, a congratualtory hug after presenting him with the Maltese George Cross for bravery as an RCAF pilot during World War II

War Hero: Milo Vassalo of the Maltese Consulate gives Alexander Milne, 81, a congratualtory hug after presenting him with the Maltese George Cross for bravery as an RCAF pilot during World War II

Date7/29/1993
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130953F
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Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
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Maltese Cross Inner Tubes
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