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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Foden 8x6 IMMLC Drops (42 KC 09) |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Normandy 1944 Collection 777 |
Steyr 4x4 Cargo (UNF-462) |
Eastern Front Collection 1533 |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (XKR 984 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Wolverhampton Bantock House 1940\ |
Normandy 1944 Collection 587 |
Iveco Tipper 6x6 Truck (24 KH 67) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (78 KH 94) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 776 |
Austin K5 3Ton GS (USV 673) |
AEC 0853 Matador Conversion (418 FE |
Ford F15 15cwt GS (LHA 879 P) 2 |
Blackhawk UH-60 Utility Helicopter |
Austin Champ (YVT 187 H)(06 BF 53) |
Morris C8 FAT Mk3, Limber & 25 Poun |
Daimler Dingo Scout Car (TMW 168) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Hotchkiss |