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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Wartime in the Vale 2010, GMC 353 C |
Ford GPW Jeep (527 UXV) |
Eastern Front Collection 1212 |
Morris C8 FAT Mk2 (11903) |
Ferret Mk2 (06 EB 36) |
GMC 352 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (OFF 814) |
BMW R75 745cc Motorcycle and Sideca |
Bedford SB3 Strachans Body Coach (4 |
Ford F15 15cwt GS (J 5857) |
Unipower Carmichael MFV 6x6 Fire Te |
Plymouth P15 (1945)(HXV 960) |
Eastern Front Collection 983 |
Wolverhampton Bantock House 1940\ |
AEC Mandator 10Ton 4x2 Tractor (29 |
Bedford TM 4x4 Cargo (58 GT 99)(Cop |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (82 KH 42)(Co |
Berlin May/June 1945 96 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (80 KD 83)(C |
Daimler Ferret Armoured Car Mk2 (VV |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |