Canadian Vehicles on UN Service - UNEF & UNFICYP

[David Cussins]

Hello Hanno....i own ferret 54-82589....thank you for bringing up Colins old post...i had never seen it....or the ferret photo from cyprus....589 served there and am collecting all ferret photos ....

[Bob Carriere]

Originally Posted by Darrell Zinck

First is a Ferret in (I believe) Cyprus and showing CFR # 54-82569

In the picture of the Ferret....... head sticking out of the armored front.....

Do you have other pictures of that same guy..... or do you know is name

Possibly Master Warrant Officer.... Ordnance...... he served in Cyprus.....

Died last Summer of heart/age complications..named Marcel Des Gagnes......

........if it is him I would love to have a print, for his family, for the Remembrance Ceremony yet to be announced for the Summer of 21. His son his a Whirly bird Lt Col. in Ottawa.

Thanks for your efforts.

Bob Carriere

[Matthew P]

No figures for your research but in a recent (as in last couple of years) issue in the MVPA magazine was an article on Canadian vehicles in Bosnia.

Matt

[David Cussins]

History shall live on if we dont
Forget it...those with the connections keep digging and shareing info.....keep it alive....thank you all....

[Ed Storey]

MVPA magazine History in Motion published the 'Basic White' article on UNPROFOR Vehicles last Oct-Nov which did feature a Canadian UN Ferret in Cyprus as the lead photograph.

Basic White - Oct-Nov 2020 copy.jpg

This is a photograph of 82575 serving with the Royal Canadian Dragoons in Cyprus.

RCD 3 FV 701 Ferret 82575 (2) copy.jpg

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by David Cussins

Hello Hanno....i own ferret 54-82589....thank you for bringing up Colins old post...i had never seen it....or the ferret photo from cyprus....589 served there and am collecting all ferret photos ....

Hello David, my pleasure. I have gone back to my previous posting and added three photos featuring Ferrets for you to enjoy.

If you go to https://artsandculture.google.com/se...Crane%20cyprus you may be able to find a few more?

E.g. https://artsandculture.google.com/as...mwFTvsioCFiBcA
and https://artsandculture.google.com/as...mwEQzOs_I2pu6w
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[David Cussins]

Hey Hanno...thank you for the links....found about 15 ferret photos that i had never seen.....love it....

[David Cussins]

There are also lots of photos of jeeps there also.