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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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin Ch |
Ford GPW Jeep (SSV 929) |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Ford F30 30cwt LAA Tractor (GSJ 472 |
Austin Champ (VFO 310)(Courtesy of |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford Q |
Scimitar CVRT Tank (08 FD 13) |
Pfc Bennie Lewis Devane (Taken Marc |
Eastern Front Collection 1024 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 483 |
Fox Armoured Car (10 FD 21) |
AEC 0853 Matador (Q 927 AVO) |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Tanker (HBD 262)(B |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
M3A1 Half Track (WSU 733) 2 |
Eastern Front Collection 873 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (VVF 657 S) |
Eastern Front Collection 1049 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
AEC 0853 Matador (4333 BH) |