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, Bedford O |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (MJK 474 L) |
Royal Enfield RE125 125cc Motorcycl |
Eastern Front Collection 523 |
Panther captured by British troops |
Bedford QLD 3Ton Tanker (THX 775 F) |
AEC 0853 Matador (HPK 648 N) |
Thornycroft SM-GRN6 Big Ben 10Ton 6 |
REME Unit in Italy, July 1945 |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Eastern Front Collection 775 |
AEC Mercury 4x2 Tractor (08 FK 24) |
Eastern Front Collection 201 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 151 |
Eastern Front Collection 1176 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 841 |
Austin Champ (NTV 741 F) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 310 |
Dodge WC-53 Carryall (NFF 231) |
Bedford CA Ambulance (92 AA 43) |