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 MWR 15cwt Radio (VFF 197) |
Eastern Front Collection 433 |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (OJC |
US Soldier with M60 Machine Gun |
Normandy 1944 Collection 204 |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
Eastern Front Collection 1255 |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 64) |
Eastern Front Collection 1433 |
Dodge WC-54 Ambulance (MSU 814) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 151 |
Land Rover 90 Defender |
Seddon Atkinson Strato 380 Tractor |
Norman Yeomans Austin K5 3Ton, Germ |
Eastern Front Collection 1218 |
Ford GPW Jeep (JYC 485)(Courtesy of |
AEC 0853 Matador (JJU 877 X) |
Daimler Ferret Armoured Car Mk2 (RS |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (28 ER 89 |
Thornycroft Amazon WF swb Coles Mk7 |