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U.S. Army Air Forces crewmen inspect a Norseman before takeoff from an American base in Goose Bay, Canada, in December 1942. The USAAF bought 749 Norsemen during World War II. (Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
U.S. Army Air Forces crewmen inspect a Norseman before takeoff from an American base in Goose Bay, Canada, in December 1942. The USAAF bought 749 Norsemen during World War II. (Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)