This is Volume 1 showing the first 250 photographs from a very exciting collection of photos taken by many Allied servicemen during the Normandy Campaign of the Summer of 1944. Following the D-Day Landings on 6th June 1944, the Allies attempted to breakout from the bridghead throughout June. The Americans drove up the Cotentin peninsula towards Cherbourg and then across through into Brittany. Many of the photos show the devestation of battle of just the ordinary little villages that were destroyed in the name of the Liberation. If you are a military vehicle enthusiast who owns and loves their Jeeps, Dodges and Jimmies, then see your vehicle in it’s environment. Who knows maybe your actual vehicle may be in one of the photos. Looking at many of the photos the Summer of ’44 looked pretty dry and dusty, with many vehicles covered in a light dust. Again a useful observation for model makers amongst us.
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Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (ESJ 414) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 640 |
Kaiser Jeep M715 Cargo (FOV 582 V) |
AEC Major 4x2 Mobile Radiographic U |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Tanker (FSK 396) |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (MSU 877) |
Eastern Front Collection 1273 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 418 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 (RKN 60 W) |
Willys MB Jeep with Officer |
Bedford TM 4x4 Cargo (47 GT 81) |
Austin K2 Ambulance (ASV 146) |
Eastern Front Collection 704 |
Thornycroft Nubian Major Dennis Mk9 |
Eastern Front Collection 260 |
US 101st Airborne Soldiers 1 |
Austin Gipsy LWB (918 FUW) |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Eastern Front Collection 645 |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |