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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Land Rover 110 Defender (12 KJ 79) |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (MBU 809 |
Thornycroft Nubian Light Mobile Dig |
Foden 8x6 IMMLC Drops (AG 21 AA) |
velocette-350cc-hha-836 |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
Eastern Front Collection 1474 |
2 Signals Brigade (Subdued) |
VW KdF 82 Kubelwagen (SS-876700) |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt GS (USU 458) 2 |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (YCH 71 Y) |
F231 HMS Argyll (Type 23 Duke Class |
Wespe 105mm SPG (1) |
Thornycroft SM-GRN6 Big Ben 10Ton 6 |
Berlin May/June 1945 237 |
Austin Champ (09 BE 27) |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (WSV 806) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, VW Iltis |
Eastern Front Collection 230 |
Tracked Rapier (49 KB 20) 2 |