Canadian soldiers examine an abandoned German Ford V3000s 3-ton truck, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, 1944.  the Germans built some 24,000 of these vehicles at factories in Cologne and Berlin between 1941 and 1945.  As to the licensing status of the Ford product - no idea, but then old Henry was more than a bit of a Nazi himself ... Best regards, JR.

Falaise, 1944.

A pair of Spitfires of N° 443 Squadron,127 Wing RCAF,beat up the airfield over the squadron's flying control unit at Kleine Brogel Airfield,Belgium march 1945.
The aircraft nearest to the camera is a clipped-wing Spitfire MkXVI E coded  21-D serialnumber TB476,piloted by the unit's CO,Sqn/ldr Art Sager.His aircraft wore the name 'Ladykiller'painted on the cowling.
Art Sager commenced his operational flying duties in april 1942 and flew an array of Spitfire marks with N° 421,403,416 and 443 Squadrons.He destroyed 5 enemy aircraft during his operational career and proved to be a most skillful leader.Sager loved the Spitfire and of all marks he prefered the reliable Rolls-Royce equipped Mk IX.
~Public Archives of Canada,via Pat Murphy~
Greetz,brummbar


Belgium March 1945

The first truckload of newly mobilized Calgary Highlanders leave Mewata Armoury for Sarcee Camp in September, 1939