Fred Smye escorting Air Marshal Curtis and USAF General Ennis Whitehead through the Malton plant on December 5, 1949.

Fred Smye escorting Air Marshal Curtis and USAF General Ennis Whitehead through the Malton plant on December 5, 1949. Curtis was responsible for the Royal Canadian Air Force specifications that resulted in the CF-100.

“If Canada wants its air force to be equipped with the most modern and suitable aircraft for our special needs, then we must build them ourselves.”
—Air Marshal Wilfred Curtis of the Royal Canadian Air Force