Firefly Markings

[Jack Geratic]

Only other marking it possibly could have is the tactical number, or sometimes referred to as radio call sign number. A complete sample from 4th CAD diary is found here:
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oo...45/222?r=0&s=4

Without an actual photo, it is difficult to say if they were utilized in July.

regards,
Jack

[Dan Martel]

Originally Posted by Jack Geratic

Only other marking it possibly could have is the tactical number, or sometimes referred to as radio call sign number. A complete sample from 4th CAD diary is found here:
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oo...45/222?r=0&s=4

Great resource. Thanks for posting.

Squadrons with Firefly tanks were organized with four rather than five troops. The troops had four rather than three tanks. The fourth tank in each troop was the Firefly. This should be kept in mind if considering using troop numbers.

Cheers,
Dan.

[Tim Bell]

Originally Posted by Jack Geratic

Only other marking it possibly could have is the tactical number, or sometimes referred to as radio call sign number. A complete sample from 4th CAD diary is found here:
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oo...45/222?r=0&s=4

Without an actual photo, it is difficult to say if they were utilized in July.

regards,
Jack

Jack

Some great stuff in there... the pages just before this one have loads of drawings showing you how to mark all sorts of vehicles (sadly not the Firefly) thanks. I will have to look through the 1944 war diaries to see if there is a more recent version of the drawings which does include the Firefly.

Cheers

Tim

[Jack Geratic]

Tim, glad to be of some help.

There is lots of info in those diaries. Wish the government, or whoever they hired to digitize the 1353 rolls, had provided an index or at least listed some highlights as to what is on each roll. Instead they've just assigned a number for each entry.

http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oo...c_mikan_133700

regards,
Jack