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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Scammell SV1T Breakdown (Q 740 JBW) |
M109 155mm SPG (00 ED 26) |
AEC 0853 Matador (422 EH) |
Polikarpov I-16 Fighter (4) |
Eastern Front Collection 567 |
Berlin May/June 1945 37 |
Land Rover 101 Ambulance (75 GJ 94) |
Austin Champ (JVU 495 F)(16 BF 64) |
Eastern Front Collection 1094 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 466 |
US 40 Infantry Division (Sunshine) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (75 KH 89) |
Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier (RFF 17 |
Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (07 |
Boulton Paul Balliol T2 (WN149) |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (GSU 527) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 404 |
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Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
Land Rover S2 Ambulance (RTT 490 H) |