FIRE SECTION
The fire chief was FLT.SGT
Hutchinson
Corporal's Keeble
SAC Mansell
SAC Poulson
SAC Longhurst
SAC Mills
SAC Rimmell
SAC Griffiths
SAC Cullings
SAC Powell
SAC Parsons
SAC Warnes
LAC Barr
SAC Brazier
Plus 4 more whose names John Warnes can't remember, but as he said, not bad
remembering those names after 60 years
John would like to hear from any of crew he served with
at RAF Upwood
Email: warnes408@btinternet.com
John
Warnes pictures of the Fire Section at Upwood in 1957
This is how John Warnes remembers the camp in 1956
Spot on by the look of it.
SAC JOHN WARNES IN BEST UNIFORM
SAC JOHN WARNES ON CRASH DUTY
SAC MANSELL back left SAC BRAZIER front right,
LEFT TO RIGHT
SAC PARSONS SAC RIMMELL SAC POWELL SAC MILLS LAC BARR
ON THE BACK SAC GRIFFITHS ON THE W.O.T.T.I. FIRE TRUCK
LEFT TO RIGHT ??? SAC PARSONS SAC MILLS
BACK SAC LONGHURST
LEFT TO RIGHT SAC LONGURST ??? SAC WARNES
LEFT TO RIGHT SAC POWELL SAC RIMMEL SAC MANSELL
FORE GROUND SAC MANSELL ??? SAC WARNES
SAC POULSON ??? SAC BRAZIER
FIRE PICQUET TRAINING
??? LAC GRIFFITHS
SAC ARTHUR POWELL
SAC MANSELL ??? SAC POULSON SAC WARNES
BEDFORD WITH TRAILER PUMP ON THE LEFT IS THE DOORWAY
TO OUR SLEEPING QUARTERS WHICH WAS JOINED TO THE GUARD ROOM
TAKEN FROM THE WATER TOWER LOOKING TOWARDS HANGAR 4
TAKEN FROM THE WATER TOWER FACING TOWARDS THE HEAD QUARTERS OF RAF UPWOOD
WOODEN BUILDING IS FIRE SECTION WITH FIRE ENGINES PARKED ON LEFT ALSO IN LAYBY.
SMALL BUILDING ON RIGHT WAS SALVATION ARMY H.Q.
FOREGROUND WAS CAMP CINEMA ON LEFT
HEAD QUARTERS, AND GUARD ROOM ON RIGHT, WAS EITHER SIDE OF MAIN ENTRANCE.
METEOR ON FIRE 1957
THIS WAS A DEMONSTRATION FOR AN OPEN DAY AT THE CAMP ATTENDED BY A LARGE CROWD
REFUELING A METEOR
VICTOR VALIENT ON DISPLAY AT AN OPEN DAY IN 1957
OPEN DAY 1957
CANBERRA COMING IN TO LAND
CANBERRA BOMBER OPEN DAY 1957
THE LARGE CROWD CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND
WZ380 VALIENT ON DISPERSAL POINT 1957
I will be adding other pictures of the Fire Section page very shortly
Sean Edwards 6.9.2018