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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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Dodge WC- |
Eastern Front Collection 428 |
Willys MB Jeep (MFO 606) 2 |
Tracked Rapier (50 KB 96) |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (BMR 795 B) |
Bedford OXD 30cwt GS (GMO 768) |
Abbot 105mm SP Gun (08 EB 01) Side |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (27 Y |
AEC 0853 Matador Conversion (7198 R |
Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier (DSK 77 |
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Bedford MJ 4 Ton Refueller (51 AD 3 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
Normandy 1944 Collection 351 |
Eastern Front Collection 446 |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (MOW 230 R) |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (832 EPC) |
Eastern Front Collection 224 |
Scammell Constructor 20Ton 6x6 Trac |