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Groundcrew loading a torpedo into the bomb bay of a Handley Page Hampden I aircraft of No.32 Operational Training Unit (Royal Canadian Airforce Schools and Training Units), in Patricia Bay, British Columbia on 2 October 1942.

Black and white photograph. Underneath an airplane, both large wheels visible. A compartment is open, and two men crouch down to load a large bomb (6-8 feet long) into the plan. It is mounted on a jack. — (Canadian Dept. of National Defence, Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN No. 3202993.)

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