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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Willys MB Jeep (MFO 606)3 |
Eastern Front Collection 1286 |
Eastern Front Collection 677 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 492 |
Thornycroft Antar (12 DM 70) |
Eastern Front Collection 619 |
GMC 353 CCKQ 6x6 Cargo (VFO 362) |
Boulton Paul Halifax Turret Front |
JCB Rough Terrain Tractor (28 KE 37 |
Eastern Front Collection 671 |
Dodge WC-63 Weapons Carrier 6x6 (PD |
Eastern Front Collection 837 |
Land Rover 90 Defender (61 KF 99) |
Eastern Front Collection 254 |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (NRX 534 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
Morris MRA1 1Ton (JEC 740 N) |
Yak-1 Fighter (3) |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (NSK 141) |