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• Feb 11, 2021

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On the 3rd of February in 1943, 416 squadron, RCAF, had a disastrous day - four pilots were shot down, by FW190s of JG26, though only one lost his life, F/O Robert Jack 'Paddy' Turp...
'Paddy' was brought up labouring on his family's farm in King, Ontario, and had never even flown in an aircraft prior to enlisting in the RCAF, in 1940. On his enlistment paperwork, he wrote that he intended to study voice after completing his war service. He wanted to become a concert baritone singer - an aspiration he never fulfilled.

 

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• Feb 12, 2021

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Battle of Milne Bay

 

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• Feb 12, 2021

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Infantry of 4th Welch Regiment, 53rd Division, advance along a railway embankment during the capture of Hertogenbosch 25 October 1944.

 

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• Feb 12, 2021

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WWII. Germany. 20 April 1945. A Comet tank of the British Army's 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, and infantry of the 1st Herefordshire Regiment take cover on the banks of the River Elbe at Hoopte near Winsen. [IWM BU 4125]

 

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• Feb 12, 2021

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Captain F.M. Ritchie of The Calgary Regiment climbs out of his camouflaged Sherman tank, San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, 10 December 1943.
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• Feb 12, 2021

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Infantrymen of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada searching German prisoners on the Moro River front, Italy, 9 December
1943.
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• Feb 12, 2021

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Private M.M. Barnhart and Lance-Corporal C.G. Balazs talking with children attending a Christmas party sponsored by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, Elshout, Netherlands, 17 December 1944.
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• Feb 12, 2021

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Personnel of The Loyal Edmonton Regiment digging out Lance-Corporal Roy Boyd, a comrade who was buried alive for 3 1/2 days in the wreckage of a demolished building, Ortona, Italy, 30 December 1943.
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• Feb 12, 2021

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The Vickers Medium Tanks, Mks I & 2 were the principal inter-war tanks of the British Army.
Here, a column of Mk IIs make their way across Salisbury Plain during pre-war exercises.
The tank in the foreground is in fact a Mk II* CS...the close support version of the tank which was armed with a 3.7" howitzer in place of the 47mm QF 3 pounder.
Such tanks were primarily intended to lay down smoke cover.
The circular tactical mark indicates that these are tanks of "C" Sqaudron.

 

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• Feb 12, 2021

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Infantrymen of The North Nova Scotia Highlanders firing on a German-occupied building, France, 22 June 1944.
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• Feb 12, 2021

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A cameraman of the RAFFPU poses, focussing a Bell & Howell Eyemo 35mm film camera with a telephoto lens.

 

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• Feb 12, 2021

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A formation of five Blenheim Mark IVs (Z5893 ‘W’ nearest) of No. 14 Squadron RAF in flight over the Western Desert, 1942.

 

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• Feb 12, 2021

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The "Devil's Own" Outfit - a Group of Australians who helped drive the Japanese from Mount Tambu; and cleared the way for the advance on Salamaua, Papua New Guinea.
Left to Right (Back) Corporal Don Mather of South Yarra, Vic, Pte. Frank Mcgreevy of Redbank, Qld, Pte Frank Townsend, of Box Hill, Vic, Pte Eddie Watkins of Grafton, NSW, Pte Jim Mcgovern of Richmond, SA, Front Pte Ron Miller of Merino. Victoria, Pte. Walter Dudley, of Woy Woy, NSW and, Pte. Arthur Wallin of Seymour, Victoria.

 

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• Feb 12, 2021

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"Desert Rats" tank crew with their Cromwell Mark VI tank, British 7th Armoured Division, Normandy, 17 June, 1944.

 

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• Feb 12, 2021

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"Desert Rats" tank crew with their Cromwell Mark VI tank, British 7th Armoured Division, Normandy, 17 June, 1944.

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Guy on the left front sports the Nazi Iron Cross I Class on his jacket, and there is a French military helmet on the glacis plate of the tank.
Some information with regards the painted character "Old Bill" can be found here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Bill_(comics)

 

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• Feb 14, 2021

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The "Devil's Own" Outfit - a Group of Australians who helped drive the Japanese from Mount Tambu; and cleared the way for the advance on Salamaua, Papua New Guinea.
Left to Right (Back) Corporal Don Mather of South Yarra, Vic, Pte. Frank Mcgreevy of Redbank, Qld, Pte Frank Townsend, of Box Hill, Vic, Pte Eddie Watkins of Grafton, NSW, Pte Jim Mcgovern of Richmond, SA, Front Pte Ron Miller of Merino. Victoria, Pte. Walter Dudley, of Woy Woy, NSW and, Pte. Arthur Wallin of Seymour, Victoria.

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These BAMFs were from 2/5 Infantry Battalion, one of only two units in the 2nd AIF to have fought all three of our enemies during the war.

 

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• Feb 16, 2021

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Infantrymen of The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in General Motors C15TA armoured trucks, Krabbendijke, Netherlands, 27 October 1944.
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• Feb 16, 2021

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Infantrymen of The Regina Rifle Regiment inside a damaged building, Caen, France, 10 July 1944.
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• Feb 16, 2021

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Infantrymen of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada carrying a comrade who was killed by shellfire while escorting German prisoners, San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, 10 December 1943.
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• Feb 16, 2021

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WWII. Borneo Campaign. Tarakan Island. 6 May 1945. Some of the graders operated by No. 8 Airfield Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, at work building the airstrip. Photo by Ross Rainsford. [AWM 089440]