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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Austin K5 3Ton GS (857 YYC) |
M5 Stuart (2) |
Bedford QLD 3Ton (WAA 836) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 914 |
Berlin May/June 1945 45 |
Dodge WC-57 Command Car (PSU 441) |
Berlin May/June 1945 29 |
Eastern Front Collection 741 |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (VSV 964) |
Dodge WC-57 Command Car (SFF 342) |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (CYY 63 |
Bedford QL 3Ton (XBW 775 H) |
Land Rover S3 Ambulance (VMR 92 M) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 268 |
AEC Major 4x2 Mobile Radiographic U |
Thornycroft Nubian Light Mobile Dig |
Eastern Front Collection 1034 |
Land Rover S3 109 (19 KB 17) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 272 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (08 FH 44) |