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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Commer Q4 3Ton Home Office (RYX 49) |
Eastern Front Collection 1160 |
Eastern Front Collection 765 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (MSU 877) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (88 KH 69)(Co |
Eastern Front Collection 656 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (319 DJB) |
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Indian Scout Motorcycle (FDG 212) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 169 |
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Land Rover S3 Ambulance (PRU 549 W) |
Land Rover S2 Ambulance (Q 212 VME) |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (806 FUF) |
Daimler Ferret Mk1-2 (18 EA 33) |
M4A1 Sherman landing from an LST (L |
Normandy 1944 Collection 717 |
Land Rover 110 Defender (14 KJ 24) |
Foden 6x4 Low Mobility Tanker (20 G |
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