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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Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (Q 251 NPP) |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (907 JJO) |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (TSV 557) |
US 93 Infantry Division |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (221 |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (53 AM 66 |
FV 438 Swingfire APC (MUX 597 F) |
Panzer III (1) |
US 97 Infantry Division |
AEC 0853 Matador (JXO 217) 2 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (VFO 514) |
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Austin K2 Ambulance (ASV 146) |
Austin K5 3Ton GS (KFF 980) |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (DFP 441) |
Ford F30 30cwt LAA Tractor (963 LGU |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (DAS 458) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, M38A1 Jee |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (VVF 657 S) |
Eastern Front Collection 1178 |