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