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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Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (SPF 641) |
AEC Matador Gun Tractor Western Des |
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Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (78 KH 10)2 |
Stug III SPG (2) |
AEC 0860 Militant Mk1 10Ton (Q 373 |
Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (03 |
Eastern Front Collection 897 |
Bedford SB3 Marshall Body Coach (45 |
Eastern Front Collection 936 |
Austin Champ (55 BE 63) |
Ford Transit Luton Van (34 KD 94) |
AEC 0853 Matador Conversion (JSV 90 |
Seddon Atkinson Strato 380 Tractor |
Humber Heavy Utility Conversion (MM |
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Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin Ch |
Daimler Ferret Mk1-1 (77 MS 64) |