Troopers with a Sherman tank of the Ontario Regiment on a railway flatcar en route from Italy to Northwest Europe, Mouscron, Belgium, March 24th 1945.

(Left To Right): Troopers E.D. Gyles, J.R. Simmons, A.J. Cartner, Harry Clark.


On route from Italy to Europe, more combat

Trooper T.H. Baker, a despatch rider of The Calgary Regiment, near Villapiana, Italy, September 18th 1943.

A dispatch rider of The Calgary Regiment

This aircraft (RCAF NO. 2423) was manufactured in 1942 by National Steel Car Company at Malton (Toronto) under license from Westland Aircraft Corporation, England. World-wide, 1660 models were built, 225 in Canada. The STOL (short take off and landing) design uses an elaborate system of leading-edge Handley Page slats and large flaps enabled the aircraft to use unprepared landing strips in battlefield conditions. Under certain conditions as little as 165 yards was all the take-off distance required. In service with No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta. 

This image appeared on the cover of the American "Air News" magazine of Nov. 1943.
