Split-second before their final takeoff from airfield near Hamburg, Germany, RCAF 403 Wolf squadron Spits led by W/C James F. Edwards, DFC & Bar, DFM, North Battleford, Sask., bunch at the head of the former Luftwaffe runway, at the start of the trip back to England and then to Canada. Kites will be turned back to RAF and the three squadrons, already officialy disbanded, will fly no more.