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Canadian heads Seafire force
The Winnipeg Tribune, 29 April 1943 · Indomitable and the Seafires, 1943
Canadian Heads Seafire Force
LONDON, April 28—It was announced today that Lieut. William Martyn, D.F.C., of Calgary, is in command of the Seafire force of the new British aircraft carrier Indomitable.
The Seafire is one of the latest models of fighter planes of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
Martyn described it as “the sweetest flying machine ever made.” So far he has destroyed seven enemy planes.
Subject is William Martyn, D.F.C., of Calgary. Same announcement as the Ottawa Citizen and Leader-Post items but shorter (no R.A.F./Norway/Malta paragraph). Dateline begins with a large drop capital L.