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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Land Rover 101 Ambulance (73 GJ 28) |
Foden 6x6 FH70 Artillery Tractor (4 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (37 HF 94) |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (43 GF 70 |
Eastern Front Collection 516 |
Foden 8x6 IMMLC Drops (AF 19 AA) |
Royal Signals Duo |
Austin Champ (EHV 786 D) |
Thornycroft SM GRN6 Big Ben 10Ton 6 |
Eastern Front Collection 238 |
AEC 0853 Matador (OSU 863) 2 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Wrecker (00 DL |
Canadian 1 Corps |
FV432 APC (01 ED 35) |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
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Normandy 1944 Collection 494 |
Eastern Front Collection 380 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (MJK 370) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Daimler F |