Photograph of four soldiers from 3rd
Canadian Infantry Division Sergeant Traplin, Bombardier Heldon,
Bombardier Blank and Sergent Kennedy with their Swedish-made 40mm/L60
Bofors Anti-Aircraft Gun after shooting down a Luftwaffe aircraft over
the beachhead near their emplacement at Bernières-sur-Mer near Juno
Beach (Normandy), 6 June 1944. At the time of the photo German Luftwaffe
war planes were still active in the area. 30,000 Canadians had been
landed, and 340 lost their live in the battles for the beachhead. The
person to the rear of the position facing left is using the
British-designed Stiffkey Sight, a mechanical computer that moved the
gunners sights to account for leading a fast moving target. The Bofors
gun in mobile form was commonly towed by either a GMC or Dodge 6x6
truck, and had a total crew of 8 including truck crew to include truck
driver, gunner, two loaders, direction setting, elevation setter, radio
operator and the gun commander
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