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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DAF YA 4440 4x4 Cargo (KZ-95-86) |
US 23 Infantry Division (Americal) |
AEC 0853 Matador (Q 517 NYB) |
Eastern Front Collection 68 |
Ford GPW Jeep (TSY 145) |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (DFP 491 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 89 |
Faun L1212 6x6 Tractor (KN-27-50) |
Vickers Valetta (VX-564) |
Berlin May/June 1945 101 |
Oshkosh Close Support Tanker (BP 98 |
Standard 12hp Light Utility (608 DK |
Eastern Front Collection 250 |
East West Ridings Area Garrison (Pr |
British 43 Infantry Division (Embro |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (YOT 97) |
AEC 0860 Militant Mk1 10Ton Cargo |
Dwarfed by its 8.5 feet high track- |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Office (11 FG 7 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ward La F |