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 MJ 4 Ton Cargo (06 KC 79) |
US General Headquarters Reserve |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo Hiab (45 HF |
Normandy 1944 Collection 286 |
MAN Emergency One Fire Tender (LE 7 |
Eastern Front Collection 992 |
Seddon Atkinson Strato 380 Tractor |
Eastern Front Collection 756 |
AEC 854 Matador 5Ton 6x6 (YSV 559) |
Krupp L2H143 6x4 Boxer Truck |
Foden 6x4 Low Mobility Tanker (19 G |
Normandy 1944 Collection 333 |
M102 HMS Inverness (Sandown Class M |
AEC 0859 Militant Mk1 10Ton Gun Tra |
Hillman Minx 10hp Staff Car (RAF) |
Eastern Front Collection 1136 |
Dodge D15 15cwt (DNR 339) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 77 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (28 KF 02) |
Staffordshire Regt Museum - Spartan |