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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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Willys MB |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (BXA 126) |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (VFF |
R11 Principe de Asturias Aircraft C |
AEC Mercury Mk2 10Ton 4x2 Aircraft |
Scammell Constructor 20Ton 6x6 Trac |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (86 KH 85)(Co |
Normandy 1944 Collection 654 |
Eastern Front Collection 270 |
Saxon APC (98 KF 44) |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (319 DJB) |
Land Rover S3 109 (17 GN 58) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 879 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 455 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (83 KD 47) |
Dodge WC-63 Weapons Carrier 6x6 |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (85 KB 21 |
Eastern Front Collection 937 |
Eastern Front Collection 1255 |
Panzer IV in Bovington Tank Museum |