'C' Squadron, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) advance on Botersen aerodrome, Germany, 1945

Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1945.

In the last weeks of World War Two (1939-1945) 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) were in action in Lower Saxony. British infantry and Sherman tanks advance up a road prior to capturing the airfield at Botersen. The Sharpshooters war diary entry for 26 April 1945 records that the aerodrome was captured by 'C' Squadron and infantry from the 4th Battalion, Welch Regiment, with no opposition. Ten German Air Force personnel were captured.

From a photograph album containing 198 photographs and captions compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).