Following on is Volume 2 showing the next 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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Austin K2 Ambulance (JMW 106) |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (RYX 34 |
28 Diamond T969A 4Ton 6x6 Wrecker |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (Q 626 G |
Bedford RL 3 ton 4x4 Cargo (56 BJ 1 |
Eastern Front Collection 104 |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (YFO 818) F |
US 83 Infantry Division (Ohio) |
Ward La France Model 1000 Series 4 |
Covenanter Tank |
US 3 Army Air Force |
Ford F60S 3Ton Breakdown (JWE 529) |
Eastern Front Collection 1280 |
Eastern Front Collection 1252 |
Ward La France Model 1000 Series 2 |
M35A2 2.5Ton 6x6 Cargo (TFF 389) |
Bedford OL 3Ton Lorry (VSY 809)(27 |
Austin Gipsy SWB |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (81 KH 77) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Hotchkiss |