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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Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (GVS 631) |
Austin Champ (55 BE 63) |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (82 KH 01) |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt GS (MME 875) |
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Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (89 BG 96) |
Austin Champ (10 BE 08) |
Austin Gipsy LWB (CYY 273 C) |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (xx |
Bedford MWC Water Tanker(KFF 155) |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (Q 180 UD |
Eastern Front Collection 473 |
Berlin May/June 1945 11 |
AEC 0853 Matador (RSY 529) |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (12 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (FSU 658) 3 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Tanker |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Airborne |
Land Rover S2 109 (19 DM 81) |