Following on is Volume 2 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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Humber Heavy Utility (PCF 991) |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (60 KE 41) |
Bedford OXC 4x2 Tractor (CSV 629) 2 |
AEC 0860 Militant Mk1 10Ton (Q 373 |
M5A1 Half Track (YSV 984) |
Eastern Front Collection 884 |
Land Rover 110 Defender (88 KE 68) |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (TAS 802) |
M4A3 Sherman (1) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (81 KH 90) |
Eastern Front Collection 810 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 404 |
Truman Bridge Built by US 83 Divisi |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (HCC 104) 2 |
Eastern Front Collection 1341 |
Eastern Front Collection 938 |
Bedford J1 Lomas Ambulance (12 DL 1 |
AS90 Howitzer Gun (23 KK 05) |
DAF YA 126 1Ton 4x4 Cargo (VSV 663) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Daimler F |