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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Humber Pullman Staff Car (DJC 423) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 533 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (GBD 180 B) |
Eastern Front Collection 1316 |
DAF YA 126 1Ton 4x4 Ambulance (VSV |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (YMR 58) |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (22 KJ 96) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 470 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 522 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (21 KF 57) |
Land Rover S2 109 (73 AM 07) |
Bedford QLD 3Ton (LPL 30 K) |
Bedford QLR 3Ton Radio (28 YY 74) |
Bedford QLD 3Ton (WAA 836) |
Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (03 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (35 AJ 78) |
2 Corps (Embroid) |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 54) |
Hino HB19 4-5Ton 4x4 Tractor (50-01 |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (35 KE 88) |