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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Land Rover S3 109 (14 KC 46) |
Austin 10hp Staff Car (BJY 98) |
M3A1 Half Track (416 ASV) |
Saurer D330 6x4 Tipper (M 64858) |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep |
US 2 Infantry Division (Indian Head |
Eastern Front Collection 244 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (89 KH 52) |
Bedford TK 4x2 Luton Van (53 AJ 28) |
Bedford TM 4x4 Cargo (48 GT 65) |
AEC Major 4x2 Mobile Radiographic U |
Eastern Front Collection 1029 |
AEC 0853 Matador (TFP 858 R) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
Ferret Mk2 (06 EB 36) |
AEC 0853 Matador (74 AV 89) |
Dodge WC-54 Ambulance (621 ASV) |
Morris C4 15cwt GS (CSV 286)3 |
Ford M-8 Armored Car (WSJ 794) |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (OLC 951 P) |