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The Balkenkreuze taken from the left side of the same Fokker Triplane which currently resides in the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto, given to them by Captain Roy Brown. The bare fabric in the centre shows the signature of 209 Squadron pilots in April 1918.

The Balkenkreuze taken from the left side of the same Fokker Triplane which currently resides in the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto, given to them by Captain Roy Brown. The bare fabric in the centre shows the signature of 209 Squadron pilots in April 1918. (picture source: Under the guns of the Red Baron, Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery)

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The Balkenkreuze taken from the left side of the same Fokker Triplane which currently resides in the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto, given to them by Captain Roy Brown. The bare fabric in the centre shows the signature of 209 Squadron pilots in April 1918.

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