Firely 13th 18th Hussars June 1944
A long barreled Sherman Firefly named “Carole” shown clustered with other Shermans of C Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars, waiting to be loaded aboard vessels in Gosport England for the Normandy D-Day Landings – June 3, 1944. Crew in the left foreground are: Fred Shaw, Doug Kay, Sgt. Fred Scamp, and Bill Humphries. The Briish Firely models carried a 76.2mm/55 QF 17-pounder rather than the stubbier American 75mm/40 cal T8/M3 gun, with a much larger shell that carried 5 pounds more power, making it a much more effective anti-tank gun. Sgt James Mapham, Photographer. IWM H 38995