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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Bedford QLD 3Ton (EBL 634) |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Embroid) |
AEC 0853 Matador (UBL 173) |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS |
Eastern Front Collection 718 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (JYD 287) |
Jet Provost T3 (XN-508) |
Bedford TK 4x2 Dropside (10 RN 13) |
Dennis F8 Fire Tender (46 RN 53) |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (22 KJ 21) |
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Willys MB Jeep (XLN 519) |
US 101st Airborne Soldiers 1 |
Bedford QLD 3Ton (JAD 902) |
Dodge D15 15cwt Water Tanker (YYJ 3 |
Eastern Front Collection 471 |
Seddon Atkinson Strato 380 Tractor |
RAOC Trio, Harry Me & Charlie |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (VSV 964) |
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