Original WW2 Photos, Normandy1944, Vol 1

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.   

Random Images From Collection
Austin Champ (RDF 566 G)(94 BE 31)(Courtesy of Keith) 1
Austin Champ (RDF 566 G)(94 BE 31)(
D90 HMS Southampton (Type 42 Class Destroyer)(Copyright of Bruce Davidson) Photographed June 2005
D90 HMS Southampton (Type 42 Class
Royal Signals Private
Royal Signals Private
AEC Matador Gun Tractor Royal Navy (75 RN 23)(1:76 scale model by Oxford Diecasts)
AEC Matador Gun Tractor Royal Navy
willys-mb-jeep
willys-mb-jeep
Eastern Front Collection 18
Eastern Front Collection 18
LDV Sherpa Minibus (16 KC 90)
LDV Sherpa Minibus (16 KC 90)
M26 Pershing (3)
M26 Pershing (3)
Eastern Front Collection 27
Eastern Front Collection 27
Thornycroft Nubian Major Dennis Mk9 Crash Tender (51 RN 45)
Thornycroft Nubian Major Dennis Mk9
Staffordshire Regt Museum - Ferret Mk2 Armoured Car
Staffordshire Regt Museum - Ferret
Norman Yeomans by Humber Heavy Utility, Germany 1946
Norman Yeomans by Humber Heavy Util
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Ptarmigan Radio (04 KC 43)
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Ptarmigan Radio (0
Berlin May/June 1945 152
Berlin May/June 1945 152
Eastern Front Collection 240
Eastern Front Collection 240
Eastern Front Collection 493
Eastern Front Collection 493
Daimler Ferret Armoured Car Mk2 (LFO 298)
Daimler Ferret Armoured Car Mk2 (LF
Berlin May/June 1945 180
Berlin May/June 1945 180
Sackheimer Tor, Kaliningrad (Koenigsburg) East Prussia, Pre War (Courtesy of Anatoly Viklov)
Sackheimer Tor, Kaliningrad (Koenig
Austin K5 3Ton GS (VSV 622) 3
Austin K5 3Ton GS (VSV 622) 3