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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Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep |
Bedford TK 4 Ton 4x2 Cargo (47 GJ 4 |
Karrier Bantam 2Ton 4x2 Airfield Co |
Bedford OXD 30cwt GS (GVS 108) |
Carmichael Unipower Mk10E 6x6 Fire |
US 16 Engineer Brigade |
Chieftain Tank Mk5 ARRV (06 FF 85) |
P291 HMS Puncher (Archer Class Navy |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford GPW |
Berlin May/June 1945 182 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin 10 |
Bedford TM 4x4 Cargo (50 GT 80) |
Thornycroft SM-GRN6 Big Ben 10Ton 6 |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (TNO 43 E) |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (DS 6472 |
M24 Chaffee (4) |
Leyland Mastiff 4x2 Tractor (73 AN |
Autocar U-7144T 5Ton 4x4 Tractor |
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Royal Artillery Private (Photo Take |