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.
Normandy 1944 Collection 1
Normandy 1944 Collection 10
Normandy 1944 Collection 100
Normandy 1944 Collection 101
Normandy 1944 Collection 102
Normandy 1944 Collection 103
Normandy 1944 Collection 104
Normandy 1944 Collection 105
Normandy 1944 Collection 106
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Normandy 1944 Collection 11
Normandy 1944 Collection 110
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Normandy 1944 Collection 115
Normandy 1944 Collection 116
Land Rover 110 Defender (68 KF 18) |
F81 HMS Sutherland (Type 23 Duke Cl |
Churchill Mk III (2) |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (Q 626 G |
Eastern Front Collection 1120 |
Humber Pig 1 Ton Armoured Car (30 B |
Ford GPW Jeep (439 XUN)(Courtesy of |
M4 Sherman Bivouac Area |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton PIPS (25 GN 10) |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (85 KF 42) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 6 |
Eastern Front Collection 795 |
US 22 Corps |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (32 KE 33) |
Petlyakov Pe-2 Light Bomber |
Land Rover 101 GS (71 FL 18) |
Eastern Front Collection 1430 |
Land Rover S3 88 (LLE 717 P) |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (ESU 399) 2 |
Eastern Front Collection 1237 |