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Holding aloft mail they flew to Malton from Montreal in Tiger Moth biplane in background are Thomas R

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Holding aloft mail they flew to Malton from Montreal in Tiger Moth biplane in background are Thomas R

Date6/24/1968

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James, Norman (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Holding aloft mail they flew to Malton from Montreal in Tiger Moth biplane in background are Thomas R. Lee (left) and Donald L. Chamberlin. The flight marked the 50th anniversary of the first Montreal-Toronto air mail flight. Lee; 52; won a DFC in World War II. Chamberlin; 32; is an Air Canada flier.

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