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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LDV Sherpa Minibus (11 KC 34) |
Dodge WC-54 Ambulance (MSU 814) |
Zettelmeyer 2D3000 Earthmover |
Combat Engineer Tractor (CET) |
Panzer IV with Short 75mm Gun (1) |
US 43 Infantry Division (Red Wing) |
Eastern Front Collection 516 |
Scammell Crusader 6x4 Tractor (23 G |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (EAH 863) |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (16 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 271 |
AEC 0853 Matador (Q 462 MHK) |
GMC 353 CCKQ 6x6 Cargo (VFO 362) |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (OLC 951 P) |
Eastern Front Collection 392 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (BSJ 384) |
Henschel HS22HA-CH 7Ton Cargo (M 64 |
Land Rover S2 Ambulance (RTT 490 H) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford GPW |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (GAP 871) |