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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AEC Matador Gun Tractor Western Des |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (35 KE 13) |
Eastern Front Collection 881 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 99 |
LHD-1 USS Wasp |
Ford T16 Universal Carrier (LSU 351 |
Land Rover S1 80 Queens Parade (55 |
Austin Champ (KSL 729) |
Morris C8 FAT Mk3 (UJT 584) 2 |
AEC 0853 Matador (019 FC) |
Seddon Atkinson Strato 380 Tractor |
Eastern Front Collection 1064 |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (KSU 149 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (24 KF 41) |
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Austin 10hp Light Utility (XTA 899) |
Standard Ensign Estate (SHP 271 G)( |
Ford GPW Jeep (UAS 641) |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (TSU 167) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, M38A1 Jee |