Photo Album

The first class who graduated on September 11, 1942.

Portriat studio picture of Private Samuel Lange.

General Howell 1942 (at left) speaking with Lieutenant Colonel G.F.P. Bradbrooke.

Studio portrait of Art Stammers.

Pte Brownjohn with the Battalion.

Private Victor Brownjohn demonstrating his Bren gun technique.

Pte Brownjohn on the Drop Zone of Operation Varsity.

Pte Brownjohn on the Drop Zone of Operation Varsity.

Nice early portrait studio picture of a young Paratrooper.

Portrait studio picture of 1st Can Para member.

250ft Training Tower - Fort Benning, 1943

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion graduates being inspected by U.S. Brigadier General Walter S. Fulton, Commanding General of Fort Benning. Courtesy of ACME.

Lieutenant Insole shaking hands with a Russian Officer near Wismar, 3 May 1945

A35 Mock ups, Packing hanger, Gymnasium Administrative buildings, Camp Shilo.

CSM Clifton, Major Fauquier and Sgt Chapman at the Packing Hanger, Shilo 1943.

CSM Clifton in front of a Lodestar at Rivers Manitoba 1943.

Cockpit of Lodestar 552, 1943.

Sgt Harris at Fort Benning Transport Section Office 1942.

Sgt Harris at Shilo, Manitoba.

250 FT parachute towers in action.

Mass parachute drop

Planes approaching the drop zone getting ready for a large parachute drop.

WO Rowbotham. Courtesy of Phyllis Rowbotham.

GO!!!

High tower chairlift and free arm in operation. Courtesy of Phyllis Rowbotham.

Mock tower in action, Shilo, Manitoba.

Pte Spisak, second from the left getting ready to jump. Courtesy of Bob Spisak

Harnessing up at Charter 1943.

Lockheeds in the air between Rivers and Shilo 1943.

Lodestar 1943

Lodestars at the relief field at Charter, 1944.

Looking down and out from the shock harness.

Sgt Harris and Major Fauquier.

Sgt Harris at Rivers Manitoba 1943. Courtesy of Darrel Harris.

Sgt Stewart in the harness.

Sign out at Proctor Field, Camp Shilo 1943. Courtesy of Darrel Harris.

View of the Mock Towers out of the Hight Tower.

From left to right, Sgt Stewart, Sgt Twaddle, Capt Lancaster, Sgt Lloyd and Sgt Harris, Shilo 1945. Courtesy of Darrel Harris.

Officer group photo.

L/Cpl Jensen on the right posing with some friends.

Pte Brownjohn at Niagara on the Lake.

Captured war souvenirs.

Pte Brownjohn relaxing reading a good book.

Photographs from S/Sgt Daniel “Dannie” Serrick. Served with the 1st Special Service Force KIA May 29, 1944 age 23 Courtesy of Dave Gilhen

Photographs from S/Sgt Daniel “Dannie” Serrick. Camp Shilo from top of uncompleted Jump Tower. Courtesy of Dave Gilhen

Photographs from S/Sgt Daniel “Dannie” Serrick. Camp Shilo from top of Jump Tower. Courtesy of Dave Gilhen

Photographs from S/Sgt Daniel “Dannie” Serrick. That's a storm brewing over Camp Shilo also taken from the Jump Tower. Courtesy of Dave Gilhen

Photographs from S/Sgt Daniel “Dannie” Serrick. A Mock Up, one of our many torture devices at Shilo Manitoba. Courtesy of Dave Gilhen

Photographs from S/Sgt Daniel “Dannie” Serrick. Gun tractors at Shilo, Manotiba. Courtesy of Dave Gilhen

Photographs from S/Sgt Daniel “Dannie” Serrick. Gun limbers at Shilo Manitoba. Courtesy of Dave Gilhen

Photographs from S/Sgt Daniel “Dannie” Serrick. Jump Tower in early stages of construction at Shilo Manitoba. Courtesy of Dave Gilhen

Photographs from S/Sgt Daniel “Dannie” Serrick. Shilo Jump Tower nearly completed. I climbed this tower every day for a week just to keep my head in the game. Courtesy of Dave Gilhen

Photographs from S/Sgt Daniel “Dannie” Serrick. Mock fuselage at Shilo. One of the boys giving it a try. Courtesy of Dave Gilhen

Photographs from S/Sgt Daniel “Dannie” Serrick. Picture taken from 250ft Jump Tower at Shilo. Courtesy of Dave Gilhen

Private Calvin Merritt Amos at Shilo, Manitoba 1945. Courtesy of Shawn Amos