L/Cpl J.A. Thrasher, Westminster Regiment of the 5 Canadian Armoured Brigade, with PIAT gun and self-propelled 88 gun which he knocked out with it. 26 May 1944, Pontecorvo (vicinity), Italy.

L/Cpl J.A. Thrasher with his PIAT gun

Spitfire Vs equipped with the anti-sand Volker filter of Royal Canadian Air Force’s 417 Squadron waiting for the takeoff on Goubrine, a Tunisian air strip near the Mediterranean coast, late1942 or early 1943. Formed in England on 27 November 1941 at RAF Charmy Down, known as the "City of Windsor", and equipped with Hurricanes, the 417 Squadron RCAF, was deployed in Egypt and, re-equipped with Spitfires, followed the allied advance through the North African Western Desert. After the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa, the 417 Squadron was deployed in Italy, for follow the Allied advance, where was disbanded on July 1, 1945. Victor Sierra

Canadian Spitfires in Tunisia

L/Bdr. T. Hallam and Signalman A.H. Wharf, both of Headquarters, Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A.), 5th Canadian Armoured Division, examining a knocked out German Mark IV tank. May 26, 1944, Pontecorvo, Italy (Vicinity).