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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Austin Champ (LCO 237)(Photo from V |
Prince of Wales Royal Regiment |
Polikarpov I-16 Fighter (4) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 257 |
Land Rover S3 109 (17 GN 58) |
Eastern Front Collection 1345 |
Austin K5 3Ton GS (VSV 622) |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (35 KE 42) |
Berlin May/June 1945 42 |
Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (07 |
Avro Vulcan (XH-503) |
Yak-1 Fighter (3) |
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Eastern Front Collection 386 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 226 |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (SXF 30 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 196 |
Abbot 105mm SP Gun (00 FE 21) |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (Q 52 GB |