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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Normandy 1944 Collection 848 |
Eastern Front Collection 1142 |
Dodge WC-57 Command Car |
Bedford MWV 15cwt Van RAF (GYY 941) |
GKN Alvis Simba Armoured Car (F 447 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 741 |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (35 KE 42) |
Eastern Front Collection 1182 |
Unipower BR90 8x8 Bridging System V |
Austin Gipsy LWB (918 FUW) |
Avro Vulcan (XM-656) |
Norman Yeomans Mates with Willys Je |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (32 KE 34) |
Eastern Front Collection 637 |
Thornycroft Nubian Light Mobile Dig |
Valentine Tank in Malta |
Land Rover S2 88 (XBX 914) |
Trailer, Sankey (51 KE 75) |
Eastern Front Collection 81 |
Austin K6 3Ton 6x4 (KMO 491) |