Spitfire pilots of No. 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, having a meal outside a tent at Goubrine in Tunisia, April 1943. Victor Sierra

A meal outside the tent

Canadians guarding captured German troops, Berniers Sur Mer, France, June 6, 1944. - Note Sten gun
 
 

 


D-Day POWs

Air and ground crews of No 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force line up for bully and tea on a desert airfield in North Africa, May 1943. The RCAF’s No 417 Squadron was transferred from Fighter Command to the Desert Air Force and sent to the Middle East in June 1942. In February 1943 the No 417, equipped with Spitfire, was moved to Tripoli and incorporated into No 244 Wing. After the North African campaign the No 417 was deployed in Italy. Victor Sierra