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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Dodge D15 15cwt Tipper (JS 7935) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford Q |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (DSU 726) |
Eastern Front Collection 1309 |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (MSU 467) |
Thornycroft SM GRN6 Big Ben 10Ton 6 |
Gaz 69A 4x4 Field Car (175-58-59) |
Austin 10hp Light Utility (UCG 71) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 297 |
Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier |
Berlin May/June 1945 188 |
Eastern Front Collection 1065 |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (193 |
Mercedes Benz 6x4 Tractor (KN-82-01 |
RAF Aircraft Towing Dolly |
Avro Vulcan (XH-538) |
M24 Chaffee (4) |
Ward La France Model 1000 Series 2 |
Bedford Pyrene Mk8 Crash Truck (27 |
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