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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Eastern Front Collection 399 |
Simba Armoured Car (F 447 GNT) |
US Allied Forces HQ |
Austin Gipsy SWB |
Abbot 105mm SP Gun (07 EB 81) |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (SXF 28 |
Humber Heavy Utility (RBD 883) 3 |
Land Rover 90 Defender (76 KF 19) |
Eastern Front Collection 695 |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 28) |
Ford GPW Jeep (698 UXW)(Kington Vin |
Eastern Front Collection 728 |
REME Unit in Italy, July 1945 |
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Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier (TSU 74 |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (OAW 146 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Tanker |
Apache UH-64A Attack Helicopter (US |
Land Rover S3 109 (53 KB 95) |
Austin Champ (LFU 387 F) |