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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Normandy 1944 Collection 686 |
Yorkshire Regiment |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (82 KH 86) |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 28) |
Eastern Front Collection 1490 |
Eastern Front Collection 148 |
Land Rover S2 Ambulance (OCV 383 F) |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
Tatra T813 \'Kolos\' 8Ton |
Normandy 1944 Collection 433 |
Eastern Front Collection 522 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (CYC 542 A) |
Eastern Front Collection 386 |
Sd Kfz 234 Puma Heavy Armoured Cars |
Normandy 1944 Collection 161 |
Bedford TK 4x2 Tractor (00 RN 60) |
Bedford TK Fire Tender (23 AJ 91) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford O |