Dutch flag in Canadian tank

[Wout Jansen]

On 17 April 1945 two tanks attacked the Deventer bridge in Apeldoorn.
The first one was set on fire and during the retreat they collided in the dark against other tanks that were lined up along the road. This involved several deaths.
This flag comes from the first tank. Were that tanks of the 1st Hussars?

[Rick van Leest]

The 1st Brigade, supported by tanks of the 1st Hussars (6th Canadian Armoured Regiment), attached to the 1st Division from 6 April, faced moderate resistance, artillery and mortar fire on the right flank. The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment approached Teuge, three miles east of Apeldoorn, at noon on 13 April, with the RCR keeping abreast on the left. By midnight the brigade had closed up to the Apeldoorn Canal, running north-south through the eastern portion of Apeldoorn itself, and The Royal Canadian Regiment was running patrols in the suburbs. That night a squadron of the 1st Hussars and a company of RCR tried to cross the canal, but were rebuffed with the loss of two tanks.

https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/his.../apeldoorn.htm

[Wout Jansen]

Rick, thanks!