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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Ford GPW Jeep (268 XUY) Rear |
Ford 01T 3Ton 4x2 GS |
Normandy 1944 Collection 137 |
Dodge WC-54 Ambulance |
Guards Armoured Division (Embroid) |
Land Rover 110 Defender (66 KJ 55) |
Eastern Front Collection 1418 |
Boulton Paul P6 Rear Cockpit |
Normandy 1944 Collection 446 |
Vauxhall Wyvern Staff Car (33 BC 14 |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (VSV 964) |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt GS (OAS 467) |
Bedford MJ 4Ton Cargo (49 KG 42) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 434 |
Simba Armoured Car (F 447 GNT) |
Royal Signals Private |
Norman Yeomans, by cab of Karrier K |
REME Unit, with Scammell & Bed |
Eastern Front Collection 1231 |
Centurion Tank Mk7 (44 BA 17) |