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) |
Star 266 6x6 Prime Mover |
Eastern Front Collection 735 |
Scammell Constructor 20Ton 6x6 Trac |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (28 KB 03) |
Eastern Front Collection 1079 |
Eastern Front Collection 232 |
Eastern Front Collection 1022 |
Crossley 1GL8 3Ton 6x4 Workshop (KU |
Seddon Atkinson 4-11 4x2 Tractor (8 |
Bedford TM 4x4 Cargo (47 GT 17) |
Ford F-950 4x4 Fire Tender (90L-921 |
AEC 0853 Matador (ACP 644) |
Chevrolet C15 15cwt GS (FSU 640) |
Samson CVRT ARV (Armoured Vehicle R |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (LGV 571)2 |
Land Rover S2 88 (XBX 914) |
US Army Engineers Center & Sch |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (NYH 444) |
Eastern Front Collection 785 |