Crewmen of a Sherman Firefly, 1944

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1944.

The soldiers depicted are Sergeant Kitchen, Trooper Boon, Trooper Cullen and Trooper Vining of 'B' Squadron. Their Sherman is fitted with a 17-pounder gun which was capable of knocking out the largest German tanks.

The Sherman tank had a crew of five consisting of a commander, the driver, a gunner, a radio operator who also acted as gun loader, and a co-driver who also manned the hull machine gun.

From an album containing 266 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).