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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Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 72) |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (89 KD 31) |
Saladin Armoured Car (00 EC 87) |
Bedford QLR 3Ton Radio (TMT 754 F) |
Eastern Front Collection 446 |
Land Rover 101 Ambulance (OUF 369 W |
Austin Champ (71 BE 38) |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (KYW 16) |
Trailer, Sankey Catering (24 TM 12) |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (ESV 985)2 |
Panzer III (1) |
AEC 0860 Militant Mk1 10Ton Cargo ( |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (28 KF 02) |
Alvis Saracen APC (LFO 299) |
AEC 0860 Militant Mk1 10Ton Cargo ( |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 28) |
Eastern Front Collection 1494 |
GMC 352 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (MSV 310) |
Eastern Front Collection 1476 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |