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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US 81 Infantry Brigade |
Humber Scout Car (Bovington) |
Scimitar CVRT Tank (05 FD 64) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (82 KH 90) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 229 |
Leyland Retriever WLW3 6x4 Coles Cr |
Eastern Front Collection 379 |
Bedford SB3 Strachans Body Coach (4 |
AEC 0853 Matador (HNM 435 F) |
Bedford RL 3 ton 4x4 Cargo (53 EL 7 |
2 Royal Tank Regiment |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (MJK 474 L) |
Chevrolet M6 Bomb Service Truck (GH |
Trailer, Sankey (23 ES 78)(Courtesy |
Magirus Deutz Jupiter 7Ton 6x6 Carg |
Panzer IV in Bovington Tank Museum |
Normandy 1944 Collection 732 |
Dodge WC-12 Pick Up (WFX 384) |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
Eastern Front Collection 1588 |