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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Grenadier Guards (Embroid) |
US 313 Logistical Command |
27 Autocar U-7144T 4x4 Tractor |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (84 KH 70) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 695 |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (SSU 233) |
AEC 0859 Militant Mk1 10Ton Gun Tra |
Bedford OXD 30cwt GS (A-3411)(Malta |
Austin K2 Ambulance (JMW 106) |
Eastern Front Collection 1311 |
VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen (1413 NK) |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (38 KE 20)(Cop |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (DDL 859) |
Eastern Front Collection 1314 |
Eastern Front Collection 925 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (76 KH 77) |
Karrier Bantam 2Ton 4x2 Airfield Co |
GMC 353 DUKW 6x6 Cargo (MFF 241) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 630 |
M3A1 Half Track (VSU 167) |