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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Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (07 |
Jet Provost T3 (XN-508) |
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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Hotchkiss |
DAF 6x4 DROPS (LK-96-57) |
Tilling Stevens TS20 3Ton 4x2 Searc |
Morris C8 15cwt GS |
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Austin 10hp Light Utility (ORE 89) |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (85 KB 21 |
Bedford OWB Bus Ministry of Supply |
Abbot 105mm SP Gun (00 FE 21) |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (USU 210) |
AEC 0853 Matador (SPO 38 M) |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (77 KD 73) |
Grenadier Guards on Exercise, Germa |
Bedford SB3 Strachans Body Coach (4 |
Morris C8 FAT Mk3, Limber & 25 Poun |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Hotchkiss |
Panzer III Ausf N (3) |