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Ken Joyce
Softcover
108 pages
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Jump Wings: History of Canadian Airborne Qualification Badges, 1942-2012
$39.95
Canadian parachute-related ‘wings’. Included are the first styles of wings introduced during the Second World War and continued to the present. Other sections address Para Rigger, Search and Rescue, Pathfinder/Scout and Army Pilot wings.
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