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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AEC 0853 Matador (BSC 642) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Hotchkiss |
Eastern Front Collection 1087 |
Land Rover S3 Shorland Armoured Car |
Normandy 1944 Collection 119 |
Eastern Front Collection 124 |
Land Rover TACR1 Fire Tender (30 AG |
RAF Type C Bomb Trolley |
Eastern Front Collection 1461 |
Austin K9 1Ton GS (GSU 642) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 212 |
Commer Q4 3Ton Office (35 BH 26) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 445 |
US General Headquarters Reserve |
Austin Champ (KNX 439 D) |
BSA M20 500cc (USY 115)(Courtesy of |
Daimler Ferret Mk2 (01 DC 69) |
Simca Marmon MH600BS 1.5Ton 4x4 Car |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (32 ER 84 |
US 4 Army |