I joined in 1948 until 1953. I went through the routine of Weeton and so on. I have written several chapters of my life as an M.T. driver, at a time, shortly after the war. We still used wartime vehicles and I can well remember the excitement when I was selected to collect one of those "modern" post war Standard Vanguards from Warton. All of my stories are pre-historic. That is, of starting handles and heavy lorries with low capacity battery's. Our M.T. Section had a fuel pump worked by a cranked handle and it delivered only 2 gallons at a time. The wartime headlights, when switched on made the night seem darker after the electro-plated reflectors had rusted. Everywhere was patrolled by Military Police, who checked 658s out on the open road. However there was much humour in our day too. My stories were of the great characters who found their way onto the M.T. Sections of those times. How the R.A.F. managed to come out on to the winning side has always remained a mystery to me. I have enjoyed a stroll down Memory Lane to have realised that the M.T. drivers still see the funny side of life. There are so many points wherein I wanted to make a response to your contributors but I feared that my anecdotes would have been too long and out of date compared to contributions already made. I have had a whale of a time in your company. Finally, I thought that the story of the WRAF driver reporting the fault of the missing "710" (oil)  to the Motor Fitter was the funniest thing I have read in ages. Well done lads. I'll be back again to visit you soon.

Regards, John Harland, (ex R.A.F. Old Sarum. et.al.) The station that never seems to get a mention.

Hello there,

My pictures and I would belong to the vintage section. I joined the R.A.F. in 1958 and served until 1970. The photos I have added to this e-mail were taken in 1961 whilst serving with 317 MT SQDN at R.A.F. Bruggen in Germany.
I suppose you could call 317 the German version of 2 MT, as we travelled from camp to camp with equipment and supplies.
Commonly known as the "Wommits"(a worm like creature that appears above ground on rare occasions) we were to be seen at one time or another at every R.A.F. camp in Germany. We carried a card that enabled us to get fuel food and money at any camp we were calling at,( If needed). We now have our own association run by Bob Knight, so if you don't already belong, and you served on 317 or 431 M.U. contact Bob for details. Great site!!

Me? I`m Mike "Dick" Whittington (3527310)

Logged on  via the UKMAMs  site - Excellent site - nearly as good as ours! - I was at Lyneham 1952 - 1955 and recall that the forklift drivers were all civvies. As most of the loaders were National Service, training a forklift driver may have resulted in a few crumpled wings. I have attached a picture of  one loading a Hastings at Lyneham for your gallery. I recall that I used to 'test' drive a flatbed truck on night shift - I only knew at as a 'Garrie' 

Keep up the good work,

Bedford Crew Buses were used for transporting 'V' bomber crews to their aircraft. These special buses had back to back seating along the centre of the vehicle with oxygen line connections to each seat. The attached photographs show crews being conveyed to their Vulcan's at Waddington on a scramble exercise. 

The odd picture of the set is a Sentinel Tug Master towing out a Vulcan from number 3 hangar at Waddington.

Dave Bloomfield

The first photograph shows how not to approach an aircraft if you are driving a one and half decker 'Commer' Crew Bus!

On the subject of Commer Crew Buses - it must have been the biggest pig to drive of all the vehicles ever used by the RAF. The road holding and centre of gravity was something to be believed!

Dave Bloomfield