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
Normandy 1944 Collection 107
Normandy 1944 Collection 108
Normandy 1944 Collection 109
Normandy 1944 Collection 11
Normandy 1944 Collection 110
Normandy 1944 Collection 111
Normandy 1944 Collection 112
Normandy 1944 Collection 113
Normandy 1944 Collection 114
Normandy 1944 Collection 115
Normandy 1944 Collection 116
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (HSK 158) |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (CGL |
REME Unit, with Scammell & Bed |
Ex-Mil Show, Stafford - German WW2 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (319 DJB) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (81 KH 14) |
Leyland Hippo Mk3 10Ton Tanker |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (NAS 304) |
Land Rover 101 GS (OFX 67 P) |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (SSV 927) |
Eastern Front Collection 98 |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (51 KK 00) |
Eastern Front Collection 1015 |
Morris MRA1 1Ton GS (XMV 380 S) |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (OS 6450) |
Berlin May/June 1945 70 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Willys MB |
Bedford RL Green Goddess (SYH 102) |