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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DAF 4x2 Truck (VA-66-02) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 792 |
Blackhawk UH-60 Utility Helicopter |
Land Rover S2 109 Drone Carrier (27 |
Eastern Front Collection 1251 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 740 |
Eastern Front Collection 979 |
Berlin May/June 1945 119 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Maintenance (Q 643 |
AEC Mercury 4x2 Tractor (70 AN 13) |
REME Unit, with Scammell & Bed |
Scimitar CVRT Tank (05 FD 64) |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (VVS 785) |
Karrier Bantam 2Ton 4x2 Airfield Co |
Land Rover S1 80 (86 BR 33) |
Eastern Front Collection 1437 |
Eastern Front Collection 311 |
Austin K2 Fire Tender (GLC 891) |
Eastern Front Collection 1039 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, VW Iltis |