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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Land Rover 110 Defender (02 KF 86) |
Daimler Ferret Mk1/2 Armoured Car |
Eastern Front Collection 675 |
Eastern Front Collection 641 |
Eastern Front Collection 855 |
RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 908 |
Eastern Front Collection 436 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 58 |
Pacific M26 40Ton Tractor (USU 556) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 749 |
Commer Q4 3Ton Office (35 BH 26) |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (PSU 187) |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Daimler F |
Mack NM6 6Ton 6x6 Cargo (EAJ 110) |
Panther II (1) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ward La F |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (37 GF 02) |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt GS (MWA 860) |