Sherbrooke Hussars Sherman III on D-Day

[m kenny]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

The Light Aid Detachments and salvage crews would have kept these tanks running using parts and components stripped off more badly damaged tanks dragged to collection points. This particular function is written up in one of the references on the Sherbrooke Hussars wikipedia page. And, I think it was written by another MLU contributor. Evidence of this is to note the various patterns of roadwheels found on Tank Bomb.

IWM photos B6328-B6331 are the collection point/graveyard at Bray though this is not mentioned in the caption. One tank is clearly Canadian.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205205971
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205415913
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205415914

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205415915

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[Robert Bergeron]

Nice pictures of then and now !>Awesome ! My only claim to fame in life is that as a kid i climbed in Bomb by the belly escape hatch and activated the manual traversing and elevation mechanisms [ T& E ] . A gas .