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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Trailer, Sankey (55 KC 93) |
Land Rover 101 GS (76 FL 09) |
Eastern Front Collection 148 |
Eastern Front Collection 1012 |
Bedford OXD 30cwt GS (GVS 108) |
Land Rover TACR 1 Fire Tender (96 R |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (273 GRP) |
Bedford TM 4x4 Cargo (59 GT 08) |
P274 HMS Tracker (Navy Patrol Vesse |
GM C15TA 15cwt 4x4 Armoured Ambulan |
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Ford M-8 Armored Car (WSJ 794) |
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Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Tanker |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (81 KH 30) |
Austin Champ (YVS 869)(74 BE 61) |
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AEC 0853 Matador (WVS 488) |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Daimler F |