Draft Horse War Effort 1939

Canada joined the war against Germany in 1939 as a part of the British Commonwealth.  The United States joined in the effort after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.  However, quite a few U.S. pilots joined the Canadian Air Force in 1939 to aid in attack.

Planes were desperately needed during this time in Canada.  Prior to 1941, any delivery of aircraft from the United States into Canada in support of the war effort was considered to be, in and of itself, an "Act of War."  

Putting to task a working solution, a decision was made that the aircraft in the United States would be flown to the Canadian border at Sweet Grass, Montana and Emerson, North Dakota.  At those crossing locations, draft horses were hitched to the planes in the United States and pulled into Canada.  Once in Canada, the planes were then flown to military bases where they began developing the fleet for the Royal Canadian Air Force.