Following on is Volume 2 showing the next 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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Bedford MWD 15cwt Western Desert 19 |
AEC 0853 Matador (Q 460 JFJ) |
Eastern Front Collection 1282 |
Land Rover 127 Ambulance (10 KJ 67) |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (SVS 341) |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt (RYG 564) |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (XKP 95 A) |
Leyland Mastiff 4x2 Tractor (78 AN |
Humber Super Snipe Staff Car (22 ER |
Eastern Front Collection 1454 |
FV432 APC (Staffordshire Regt Museu |
Chevrolet C60S 3Ton Breakdown (MSU |
Eastern Front Collection 631 |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (AR 91 AA) |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (Q 180 UD |
Eastern Front Collection 1062 |
Eastern Front Collection 1273 |
Austin Champ (ORE 145 F)(83 BE 29) |
Scammell Commander Tractor (52 KB 4 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford O |