St.Luke's Road Barracks
Windsor Ontario 1941

St.Luke's Road Barracks

St.Luke's Road Barracks
Windsor Ontario 1941 

Canadian machine-gunners at the battle of Carpiquet airfield, Normandy, 4-5 July 1944.  The Canadians, with the assistance of British forces and RAF groundstrike aircraft, captured and held their objective against heavy counterattacks from 12 SS Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend".  Note the M III "Turtle" helmets.  The Canadians seem to have been more advanced in phasing in this pattern, in substitution for the old "Brodie" ("tin hat") pattern.  Best regards, JR.