RCAF 440 Squadron: B9 Lantheuil, France (Aug/1944). These typhoon pilots flew daily into the Falaise Pocket.  Several of these pilots would lose their lives within a few weeks of this photo being taken including S/L Pentland holding puppy !

440 Squadron with their puppy mascot

"We slept in canvas cots, shaved in canvas basins, and bathed in canvas baths." F/L Harry Hardy, France

Bath time for Harry !

Training for the Dieppe Raid
A Churchill tank of "A" Squadron 14th Army Tank Regiment (The Calgary Regiment)
uses a bombed house to demonstrate its prowess during the training on the Isle of Wight, June 1942.