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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29 Open Blitz 1Ton 4x2 Ambulance |
US Army Convoy 2 |
Bedford QLD 3Ton Van Body (TLE 135 |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (4773 WD |
Thornycroft Antar (12 DM 70) |
Eastern Front Collection 732 |
US 8 Infantry Division (Pathfinder) |
Eastern Front Collection 1555 |
Morris MRA1 1Ton GS (RVK 558 Y) |
AEC 0853 Matador (VAD 595 S)(09 RD |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Maintenance (BSK 2 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 199 |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (35 FG 89 |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (LGV 571) |
Albion CX22S 6x4 Heavy Artillery Tr |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton PIPS (24 GN 81) |
Eastern Front Collection 158 |
Berlin May/June 1945 34 |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (GSU 150) |
Dodge WC-54 Ambulance (MSU 814) 2 |