Cheeta crew go into captivity
Three Canadian tankers go into captivity.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ww2incolor.com/gallery/canadian-forces/30489/cheeta-crew-go-into-captivity
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ww2incolor.com/gallery/canadian-forces/30489/cheeta-crew-go-into-captivity
I hope that they made it through the war, and came home!
Well, if I can decipher the writing correctly, they must have been caught during the Dieppe raid. In other words, they had a long three years ahead of them…
Yes, this was the Dieppe raid. Cheeta was the name of their tank, they were in C troop of the Calgary Tank Regiment. Only 2 members of the Calgary tank regiment made it back to Britain that day. All of the rest of the Canadian tank crews were either killed or captured.