Can anyone identify the unit of this Canadian Firefly and say what markings might be visible on the rear turret and hull.

The Firefly is from The South Alberta Regiment of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division near Hochwald in around March 1945.

On the right front fender and the left rear hull sponson there would be a white 45 on a green over blue background.

On the left front fender and on the right rear sponson there would be the WWII style Canadian Maple Leaf in yellow on a green background.

SAR tanks had callsigns painted in white on the rear hull stowage box...callsigns I have seen images of include B20 and B-22......this is likely 'B' Squadron, 2nd Troop....B20 being the Troop Leader's tank and B-22 would be another tank within the same Troop.

Considering that the Fireflies usually made up the fourth tank within a Troop a possible callsign could be B24.....but don't quote me on that....purely speculation from my experiences in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.

There is an excellent book called...."South Albertas, A Canadian Regiment at War".....fully of Regimental history and great images. ISBN: 1-896941-06-0

Here's some links for you.......

http://www.sarvaofcanada.ca/

http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/armwar/units/11fsareng.html

The Regiment is now known as The Southern Alberta Light Horse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Alberta_Light_Horse

Some very rare film footage of the SAR in Normandy capturing Germans...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdgsVDS99go

Thanks for the info and the links Jason.

No problem....why did you ask?...a project or just curiousity?

Project I have a TWS hybrid upper hull that if don't use before DML bring their Hybrid kit out then I'll probably never use it. I also have a couple of stowage sets to use up from Legend and Resicast and this tank seems perfect for that.