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Similar to the display at Goodfellow AFB, the Royal Air Force apparently also has a collection of firefighting vehicles in the form of the " Museum of RAF Firefighting". The museum apparently used to be a Hangar 2 at RAF Scampton, but was forced to leave on 7 January 2016 and put its collection into storage. However, the good news is that they are already working on finding a new location. It is also worth noting that all of 40+ vehicles hosted at the museum are privately owned". GSE at the Museum of RAF Firefighting- 1941 Fordson War Office Type One (WOT1) - One of only 3 surviving examples, used in the advance after D-Day and in Berlin as part of the Berlin Airlift, returned to England in 1953, recovered from farm in 1970s by Tony Corbin, restored over 20 years, previously on loan to the Manston Fire Museum, purchased from Mr. Corbin in 2009, license plate "RAF108140"
- Airfield Crash Rescue Truck (ACRT) - Restored by Paul Hazell and acquired in 2014, previously had license plate "FND 189F", now has license plate "91 AA 72"
- Austin K6 CO2 Tender - Previously owned by the "Fire Services National Museum Trust", was in storage for 30 years, acquired by the museum in 2014
- Dual Purpose Mk1 (DP1) - Served at RAF Gaydon and RAF Topcliffe, left RAF service in 1974, obtained by the Potter Group at Rippon, then re-registered as KFF 132, bought by the Thornycroft Society in 1993 and restored, acquired by Steve Shirley from the Society on ebay, license plate "24 AG 59"
- TACR1 (Truck Aircraft Crash Rescue) Mk 1 - First example of the type supplied to RAF, deployed in 1977 to St George’s Barracks in Sutton Coalfield during the National Fireman’s Strike, (Operation Burbury) used in support of 42 Marine Commando, attended some 230 incidents in a 58 day period, then served at RAF units Manston, Newton and Swinderby before being sold, recovered from Lydden Motor Race Circuit in Kent, used there as a fire & rescue truck, eight layers of paint found during restoration, which included red, green and Day-Glo, license plate "28 AG 00"
- Bedford/Pyrene Mk8
- Alvis/Pyrene Mk6 Crash Truck - Built in 1956, first Mk6 production model, served at RAF Wyton in the 1970’s, downgraded to instructional assembly in 1976, served in Coastal, Transport, Fighter and Maintenance Commands according to records, currently on loan from the National Fire Museum Trust based at Weedon, license plate "23 AG 56"
- MK11 Scammell Super Major 6X6 Gloster Saro Crash Tender - served at RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Lyneham, license plate "02 AY 22"
- Volvo Armaments Support Vehicle - Served at the Armaments Support Unit (ASU) based at RAF Wittering, used to protect weapon convoys in case of fire and accidents, 1 of only 3 built, they were named after Knights of the Roundtable, this example was named "Arthur", license plate "15 AY 54"
- Ibex - Museum has 2 examples, only 2 were believed built, used in Gibraltar, arrived in February 2017 [Ref 1]
- Austin K4 [Ref 2][Ref 3]
- Mk9 - license plate "28 AJ 52" [Ref 4]
The museum was forced to sell 2 non-RAF vehicles when they moved: - Thorneycroft Nubian Major - Served at Prestwick Airport in Scotland, then served at the Imperial War Museum Duxford [Ref 5]
- Bedford TM - Believed to be only survivor of 2 built, used at Beltring Military Vechicle Shows [Ref 6]
The museum has also scrapped 1 vehicle for parts: _________________ Tri-State Warbird Museum Collections Manager & Museum Attendant Warbird Philosophy Webmaster
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