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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Normandy 1944 Collection 712 |
Bedford QLR 3Ton Radio (JPE 12 K) |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (51861) |
Dodge D8A 8cwt Truck (VDX 708) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (78 KH 10) |
Eastern Front Collection 114 |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (LSU |
Wolverhampton Bantock House 1940\ |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (SOU 662) |
Eastern Front Collection 1120 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 700 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 397 |
11 Signals Brigade |
Eastern Front Collection 1568 |
Chevrolet M6 Bomb Service Truck (GH |
20 Scammell SV1T Breakdown |
Normandy 1944 Collection 691 |
Austin Mini Metro Van (18 KD 34) |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford WOT2 |