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 MRA1 1 Ton GS (79 BF 94) |
Yak-1 Fighter (3) |
Leyland Retriever WLW3 6x4 Coles Cr |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (TVE 867 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 136 |
Eastern Front Collection 1295 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (ESU 399) 2 |
Land Rover 90 Defender |
Bedford OL 3Ton 4x2 Cargo (MDF 475 |
Dodge WC-56 Command Car (GOP 800) |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
M4 Sherman of the Free French Force |
Normandy 1944 Collection 880 |
M3 Lee (4) |
JCB Rough Terrain Tractor (26 KE 59 |
Berlin May/June 1945 140 |
Eastern Front Collection 1476 |
Panzer III (4) |
Austin K2 2Ton GS (OMY 181) |
M24 Chaffee (2) |