Following on is Volume 3 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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Thornycroft Nubian Major Dennis Mk9 |
Berlin May/June 1945 22 |
Land Rover 90 Defender |
Normandy 1944 Collection 3 |
Avro Vulcan (XL-320) |
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Eastern Front Collection 538 |
Dodge WC-21 Half Ton Weapons Carrie |
Trailer, Sankey (23 ES 78)(Courtesy |
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Daimler Ferret Mk2 (02 DA 42) |
Commer Q4 3Ton Home Office (RYX 395 |
Austin Mini Metro Van (18 KD 34) |
Austin K2 Fire Tender (GLC 891) |
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BSA M20 500cc (USY 115)(Courtesy of |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (39 KE 10) |
Eastern Front Collection 91 |
US 2 Army |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Daimler F |