Canadian built Valentines sent to Russia

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by servicepub

There are a couple of pages but all dealing with Canada NOT paying for these (2 Valentines and the Matilda) as they were supplied for training purposes and, by war's end, had no value to either the Brits or the Canadians.

Clive;

I was looking at it from a research point of view for the future WOW series title 'The Matilda in Canadian Service'. If you have copies of these pages and you feel that any of the information contained therein is of value, send it along my way ... you know how to contact me ...

Originally Posted by kevinT

Was named "Grampus II".

Kevin;

Yes, that is correct and it now resides at Canadian Force Base Borden, Ontario, although I haven't actually seen what shape its in for a good 15 years now.

Cheers