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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4 Mechanised Brigade (Desert) |
Bedford TM 4x4 Cargo (50 GT 51) |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (PRE 719 |
Bedford QLR 3Ton Radio (OFO 328) |
Land Rover 101 Ambulance (FWD 415 Y |
Land Rover S2 88 (DLL 563 J) 2 |
F331 Alvares Cabral (Vasco de Gama |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, US arines |
Jet Provost T.5 (XW-404)(Courtesy o |
Bedford OXC 4x2 Tractor |
Eastern Front Collection 1409 |
Bedford MWC Water Tanker(Q 267 NTR) |
Pacific M26 40Ton Tractor (USU 556) |
Land Rover 101 GS (70 FL 97) |
Eastern Front Collection 676 |
Ford 2G8T 1.5Ton 4x2 Cargo (JKP 616 |
Eastern Front Collection 1416 |
Mack NO2 7.5Ton 6x6 Prime Mover |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford O |