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Originally Posted by Marc Montgomery
He also formed ("invented" more realistically) the 1st Canadian Army Museum Collection team- in which he collected lots of German military hardware, including "stealing" a V2 rocket from under the noses of Americans-- Canada was not "allowed" to have a V2.. he welded a conning tower on it. and told authorities it was a special submarine..it ended up in Canada but when Americans found out, they ordered the Cdn govt to hand it over... which they (weak-kneed,kowtowing) did. Still lots of German hardware in our museum was thanks to him
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There was a V2 on the CNE grounds ~mid '50s. It was located on a triangular piece of land with the Food Building to the right and the Grandstand to the left. No idea if this was "Mowat's" rocket, or if it was the one which the US complained about.