Fu-go-balloon Canada

A Canadian P-40 fighter shot down this balloon, which drifted 500 feet inside the U.S. border before landing near Sumas, Washington, on February 21, 1945. Following the deaths in Oregon, the U.S. government decided to inform citizens of the balloons and their dangers. (Canada Department of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada) (Canada Department of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada)