Duncan Crow
Misinformation found in "British & Commonwealth Armoured Formations (1919-45)

Author: Duncan Crow
Illustrations by T.Hadler & C.Steel
Published by Profile Publications Limited, 1971.

The author's otherwise excellent work is marred by these illustrative errrors on Page 72.

Line Three
21st (Army) Tank (First Style)
    Correctly: 24th Army Tank Brigade.

21st Tank (Second style)
    Correctly: 25th Tank Brigade prior to the addition of the Maple Leaf on the black     diabolo.

Line 4
24th Army Tank
    The dark blue diabolo is that of 21st Tank Brigade prior to the introduction of the     Gremlin insignia in 1944.

25th (Army Tank)
    Not used alone, this diabolo was part of the yellow/red shield. Until the     introduction of the shield in 1942 a plain black diabolo was used.

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