paulibbetson Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Hi all my first go at this forum lark i am mainly interested in the r.a.f around the 1980,s I served in the r.a.f fire service some of the vehicles i worked with were the thornycroft mks 7 and 9 dp2,s tacr1 and 2 and the mk 8 i have fond memorys of the mk9 the best vehicle i ever worked on they were the main crash vehicle when i left in the late 80,s allthough the mk 10 and 11,s were coming in but give me a mk9 anyday alltough the ones i worked with were all toned down it was still an impressive wagon a great pumping vehicle reliable and easy to use. i also had a stint on the queens flight if anyone has any pics when they were based at Benson. i would love to see some of the vehicles in the flesh again if anyone knows were fhe museums are, look forward to your replies and hope to post some pics regasds Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeileen Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Welcome to the madhouse, did you go through RAF Catterick then as it was a fire training school? Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulibbetson Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 HI Christian yes i did my trade training at r.a.f Carrerick which was for about 12 weeks from what i can remember allthough it was part of the raf regiment we were the fire fighting and special safety squadron, our commisioned officers were rockapes and that was my introduction to the mk9 crash truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 369 Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 welcome Paul,if I emember correctly you will find a collection of historic RAF fire vehicles based at RAF Manston in Kent Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeileen Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Reason i ask was i was there on BG9/83 rock course, the resident sqns were 51and 58 CVRT and TSF/4001flt you dont have any photos of that happy time there?:-D:cool2: you cant seem to find much on the internet for that period. Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 welcome to the forum :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 welcome Paul, I to am interested in RAF 1980's, I am a member of Forces80 reenactment group, my forte is RockApe I also have a fotopic site, look under more collections on my site, some RAF fire piccys on there All the best Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Welcome in, your already at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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