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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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford GPW |
Austin 10hp Light Utility (277 HPU) |
aec-0854-matador-AEC 0854 Matador 5 |
Bishop SPG (1) |
Alvis Stalwart Amphibious Truck (24 |
Land Rover S3 Ambulance (PNV 560 Y) |
AEC 0860 Militant Mk1 10Ton Cargo ( |
Eastern Front Collection 1403 |
Bedford RLC 3Ton Helicopter Support |
Austin Champ (MBL 523 E) |
AEC Matador Flatbed RAF(1:76 scale |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (22 KJ 21) |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (GVS 631) |
Austin Champ (VFO 310)(Courtesy of |
North African Theater of Operations |
Locomobile WW1 General Service (XK |
AEC 0853 Matador (TFP 858 R) |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (NYH 444) |
Scammell Crusader 6x4 Tractor (23 G |
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