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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US 81 Infantry Division (Wild Cat) |
Volvo FL6-14 Fire Tender (42 KK 14) |
Eastern Front Collection 1162 |
BSA M20 500cc (USY 115)(Courtesy of |
Eastern Front Collection 43 |
Berlin May/June 1945 26 |
Land Rover 90 Defender (63 KF 97) |
Land Rover S3 Ambulance (01 GN 49) |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Maintenance (Charl |
Daimler Ferret Armoured Car Mk1 (HV |
Albion CX22S 6x4 Heavy Artillery Tr |
Hillman Minx 10hp Staff Car (BSL 12 |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (292 WTJ) |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Thornycroft W2-YC4 3Ton 4x2 GS |
Dodge WC-54 Ambulance (330 DEL) |
Carmichael Gloster Saro Crash Tende |
Ford GPW Jeep (698 UXW)(Kington Vin |
Bedford MWC Water Tanker(KFF 155) 2 |
Dodge M37 Cargo (2430863)(US Junk Y |