Colour photo of Canadian Sherman tank and crew

3 members of this Sherman V nicknamed "Clanky" pose for the camera. This was the personal tank of Major Dave Currie (VC) commander of C Squadron, 29th Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment) 4th Canadian Armoured Division. Not how the tracks of the tank and the boots of the soldiers are covered with Normandy dust.

Left to right we have Tp G Holstrom, Cpl J Lardner and Tp D Mitchell.

Clanky survived the Normandy campaign but on the 28th October 1944 was hit on the rear deck by a Canadian 5.5 inch artillery shell that dropped short, in the Bergen Op Zoom area. The crew escaped injury but several men outside the tank were killed.

This photo appeared on the cover of "Liberty" magazine on the 16th of December, 1944. It was taken on July the 28th, shortly after the division finished coming ashore at Arromanches. It first saw action on August the 8th during Operation Totalize.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Alberta_Regiment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Vivian_Currie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_tank