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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Morris C8 15cwt GS (273 GRP) |
Bedford TL 4x2 Box Van (46 KG 96) |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (GDM 205) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Volvo TGB |
AEC 854 Matador 5Ton 6x6 (YSV 559) |
Eastern Front Collection 274 |
US 82nd Airborne Soldiers 1 |
VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen (WH-164769 |
Austin K5 3Ton GS (KFF 980) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 491 |
Commer Q4 3Ton Home Office (RYX 478 |
Eastern Front Collection 216 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (89 KH 88)(Co |
Hotchkiss M201 Jeep (265-1634) |
Alvis Saracen APC (MFF 713) (30 BA |
AEC 0853 Matador (OTO 376) |
Bedford RL Green Goddess (PGW 350)( |
Jet Provost T5B (XW-325) |
Guy Ant 15cwt GS (GWU 522) Proud Ow |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (24 KF 56) |