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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Humber 1Ton Wireless (WFX 417) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 684 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 529 |
Bedford OXD 30cwt GS (GMO 768) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 760 |
Trailer, Sankey Catering (08 TM 12) |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (38 KE 83) |
Austin Champ (Q 578 RYT) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Willys MB |
Normandy 1944 Collection 703 |
Royal Artillery Private |
GMC 353 DUKW 6x6 Cargo (GHO 44 N) |
Thornycroft SM-GRN6 Big Ben 10Ton 6 |
Eastern Front Collection 1488 |
AEC 0853 Matador (WSK 121)(Copyrigh |
Normandy 1944 Collection 587 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (DMO 280) |
US 1 Armored Division |
Saurer D330 6x4 Tipper (M 64837) |
AEC 0853 Matador (VFF 574) 2 |