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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Tracked Rapier (49 KB 20) 2 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (HPO 583) |
Eastern Front Collection 730 |
Yak-1 Fighter (7) |
Eastern Front Collection 1258 |
AEC 0853 Matador Conversion (694 TT |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (ESV 985)2 |
Bedford OXC 4x2 Tractor (RSU 164) |
Eastern Front Collection 1221 |
Austin K9 1Ton (Q 587 PDE) |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Office (AK 85 AA) |
US 4 Infantry Division (Ivy) |
Austin K5 3Ton GS (VSV 622) 2 |
Willys M38 MC Jeep (BUD 1 V) |
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Jagd Panther (1) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 750 |
Eastern Front Collection 1445 |
Eastern Front Collection 391 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Daimler F |