Cromwell with Canadian forces

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by dsfraser

Well, to make a long story short, I bought a Tamiya Cromwell on eBay, and don't know what to do with it! If I'm to build it at all, it has to be Canadian, but I have precious little info on the Cromwell and nothing at all on Canadian use. Will someone toss me a life ring?

Hi Scott;

The answer to your question is unfortunately no, they were not used by the Canadian Armoured Corps. They were however used by the 1st Polish Armoured Division who served under command of First Canadian Army in North-West Europe in 1944/45.

Originally Posted by dsfraser

Even worse, AFV Club have announced what appears to be a killer model of the Churchill Mk.III, as used at Dieppe, and this is another model I have to build. I have wanted to do so for forty years, ever since I saw the images of the Calgary Tanks stranded on the beach — and that was before I lived in Calgary.?

The Calgary Regiment landed and lost eighteen Churchill MkIII tanks at Dieppe.

Hope this helps.

Cheers