Formed at lethbridge, Alberta, on June 3,1942, No 133 Sqn RCAF flew an assortment of Hurricanes, de Havilland Mosquitoes and Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk Is in defence of the Canadian west coast, and had some success in shooting the fire balloons down. On February 21, 1945, Plt Off E.E. Maxwell took off from the unit's base at Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in Kittyhawk "866", and, after managing to get to 25,000ft, succeeded in destroying a balloon. A few weeks later, on March 10,1945, Plt Off J.G. Patten bagged another at 13,500ft while flying Kittyhawk "858". Indeed, the unit's very last sortie of the war was an unsuccessful bid to bring a balloon down by Mosquito KA132.
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机译：编号为133的RCAF于1942年6月3日在艾伯塔省的莱思布里奇（Lethbridge）成立，其机队是飓风，德哈维兰蚊子和柯蒂斯·基蒂霍克（Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk）。 1945年2月21日，P。Off E.E. Maxwell从位于不列颠哥伦比亚省Patricia湾“基蒂霍克”号“ 866”的单位基地起飞，设法升到25,000英尺后，成功摧毁了一个气球。几周后，即1945年3月10日，Plt Off J.G.帕滕（Patten）在飞行“小鹰号”（Kittyhawk）“ 858”时，又在13,500英尺的高度抓获了另一个。的确，该部队的最后一次出击是将Mosquito KA132放下气球的尝试，但没有成功。
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