Canadian Mustangs

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Canadian squadrons that were part of the RAF in World War II were among the first to use the Mustang since No 412 (Canadian) squadron was equipped with Mustangs Mk I when they participated in the Dieppe landing in August 1942. However, by the end of the war, all of these squadrons had been re-equipped with Spitifres. In 1947 the Royal Canadian Air Force acquired 130 surplus Mustangs from the USAF and used them, under the designation Mustang Mk IV, until 1956.

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