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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Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Wrecker (Q 812 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (98 KC 36) |
Eastern Front Collection 179 |
Eastern Front Collection 586 |
Berlin May/June 1945 137 |
LDV Sherpa Minibus (16 KC 90) |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (64 YY 6 |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (KSV 712) |
Eastern Front Collection 150 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 44 |
Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier |
GMC AFKX 352-8G 1.5Ton 4x4 Ordnance |
Bedford TKG Water Tender (42 KB 12) |
Iveco VM90T Torpedo 4x4 Truck (GVA |
Alvis Saracen APC (VSU 506) 2 |
AEC 0853 Matador (JXO 217) 2 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 497 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (NAS 304) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford WOT2 |