Fire Trucks at War
| US Air Force Fire Apparatus 1950s |
July 2011
O-11A American LaFrance 1953
O-6 White-Cardox 1956
O-6 Sterling-Cardox 1951
| Type O-10 American LaFrance & Marmon Herrington 1950 |
O-11 Biederman 1951
| R-2 Chassis by Dodge & ACF Brill - Oneida Body Works, 1953 |
| R2-A Ford 4x4, bodies by Ward LaFrance & Marmon Herrington |
| International - Darly & Central 1951 |
Grand Forks Air Force Base 1950s
Class 750 Duplex-Howe 1950
Model 73 Water Tanker 1952
Otis Air Force Base 1950s
| Model F-7 2500 gallon water tanker 1950s |
Carswell Air Force Base 1952
Peterson AFB, 1957, O-11A, P-2751
Turner AFB, 1954
US Air Force photos from the Oxnard AFB, 1950s.
Maryland Air National Guard Martin Airport
Your comments, suggestions and photos of 50s era Air Force fire trucks are always welcome. milfireguy@comcast.net |
| We want to thank Jim McAlister former USAF Fire Fighter at MacDill AFB, FL for these great pictures. Jim now serves as a Captain for Tampa Fire Rescue. |
| Robert Owens served as a Air Force Firefighter at Bellows Air Force Station, HI, in the early 60s and sent along some photos. The 530B is a 1959 Hess Carriage Co. and carried USAF Reg 59L11. Thanks to Robert for his service to our country and for the photos. |
| Tom Melton served as a Air Force firefighter and sent in these photos from Otis AFB. Ths 530B #68L618 was assigned to the Bomarc missle base at Otis, 1972 |
| Unknown Air Force firefighter at Tachikawa Airbase, Japan, 1950s. Type 0-5, Reo-Mack crash truck appears in left photo and Type 500, GM CCKW-Central sits in front of station. |
| Great view of the fire equipment at Robins Air Force Base, 1950s Photo sent in by Joe Carroll at Robins. |
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| 1952 International-Central 52L3781 |
| 1953 Dodge-ACF Brill-Oneida R-2 Rescue 53L8324 |
| 1954 American LaFrance O-11A 54L3355 |
| John Bywater served with the Utah Air National Guard from April 1948 to April 1951. During 1949 the unit attended a 6 week Air Force Firefighter Crash Rescueman School at Lowery AFB. John who was a crew chief on a Type O-4 crash truck sent along the above photos. John, thanks for the photos and for your service to our country. |
Crash trucks include a International-Bean Type O-4 and Reo-Cardox Type O-1
| US Air Force Fire Odds & Ends |
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| Air Force Fire Trucks In 1/35th Scale built by webmaster |
| Not an official US Air Force site. It is our mission at FTAW to keep the history alive. |
| Type O-6 White-Cardox 55L2299 |
| The Great-Great Grandfather of todays Air Force fire apparatus. 1917 American LaFrance double-tank chemical truck. Aviation Section, Signal Corps |
| Type 75 Water Tender |
| Type O-11A American LaFrance 53L6416 |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 53L74 |
| Above photographed at Forbes AFB, KS, 1970 by webmaster |
| Type O-7 1951 Experimental Kenworth-Hurst Industries Type O-7 & O-8 Information |
| Type O-8 1951 Experimental Kenworth-Hurst Industries Type O-7 & O-8 Information |
| Type O-12 Marmon-Herrington |
| Type O-5 1944 Former Army Class 155 |
| Type O-1 1943 Former Army Class 150 |
| Type O-3 1943 Former Army Class 135 |
| Type O-4 1942 Former Army Class 125 |
| Type O-2 1940 Former Army Class 110 |
| United States Air Force Type O-10 Airfield Crash Truck |
| "Preserving the Past for the Future" |
| Type O-11B American LaFrance Andrews AFB |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 54L3130 Andrews AFB |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance Andrews AFB |
| Type O-11A American LaFrance 54L3357 Andrews AFB |
| Type O-11A American LaFrance 54L2908 Ent Air Force Base |
| Class 530A Reo-Howe 53L5662 Buckley Field, CO ANG |
| Class 500 International-Darley 52L1535 Buckley Field, CO ANG |
| Type O-11A American LaFrance 54L2760 Buckley Field, CO ANG |
| It is our privelege to present the photographs of Duane Troxel, courtesy of Steve Skaar |
| Class 530B Ward LaFrance 66L1467 Warren AFB, WY Not 1950s, but we love 530Bs |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 55L2533 Lowery Air Force Base |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 55L1910 US Air Force Academy |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 56L1649 US Air Force Academy |
| Class 530B Hess Carriage Works 59L1 US Air Force Academy |
| 1954 Reo- ? Type 75 water tanker US Air Force Academy |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 55L1911 US Air Force Academy |
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| Class 750A from Offutt AFB 1953 |
| Firefighting Weasel from Offutt AFB No Information 1953 |
| Type O-4 at Otis AFB |
| Class 500 International-Darley P-2239 |
| Type O-11A pictured at the American LaFrance factory 1953 |
| R-2 Rescue Truck 53L9422 Wheeler Field Shawn Ryan Photo |
| Type O-10 American LaFrance P-292 Memphis Air Force Station |
| Sampson Air Force Base Former Sampson NAS Fire Station |
| R-2 Rescue Truck 53L9462 Steward Air Force Base Shawn Ryan Photo |
| Little Rock Air Force Base |
| Cannon Air Force Base |
| Links |
| MB-3 Mack |
| MB-4 FWD |
Schilling Air Force Base
| MA-1 |
| Type O-5 Brockway-Mack Lowry Air Force Base Dionne Collection |
| Type O-5 Brockway-AmLaFr Lowry Air Force Base Dionne Collection |
| Type O-1 Sterling-Cardox Lowry Air Force Base Dionne Collection |
| Class 750 Duplex-Howe Lowry Air Force Base |
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| Type O-5 Brockway-AmLaFr Johnson AFB Japan |
| Type O-5 Kenworth-Mack New Castle Air Force Base |
| Type O-3 Chev-Central Kimpo AFB Korea Dionne Collection |
| Class 530B Reo-Firemaster Yokota AFB Japan Shawn Ryan Photo |
| We recovered these photos from our computer. Nome Airfield. Mike Hodgen Collection |
| Class 530A Reo-Howe P-844 |
| A trio of O-11As operating on a drill at Turner Air Force Base |
| Type O-11A American LaFrance P-2545 Turner Air Force Base |
| Type O-5 Kenworth-Mack Johnson AFB Japan |
| Wright Patterson Air Force Base Rigs include, O-10, O-11A, O-11B & O-12 Mark Redman Collection |
| Class 530B Reo-Firemaster 38th Tactical Missle Group Hahn Airbase Germany |
| GM CCKW-Central Army Class 530 Far East Air Material Command Tachikwa Airbase Japan Dionne Collection |
| Type O-2 Chev-Holabird Tachikwa Airbase Japan Nolen Website Photo |
| Type O-6 White-Cardox 55L4397 Memphis Air Force Base |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 55L2106 Memphis Air Force Base Steve Hagey Collection |
| Type O-10 & Type O-5 Selfridge Air Force Base |
| Types, O-5, O-4, O-3, O-10 Selfridge Air Force Base |
| Type O-5 Kenworth-Mack Truck is currently undergoing restoration. Looking for a picture of this rig while serving at Chanute AFB. |
| Types & Class |
Air Force Photo Gallery
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| Type O-11A American LaFrance Charleston Air Force Base Dionne Collection |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance Charleston Air Force Base Dionne Collection |
| Type O-11A AmLaFr Wright Patterson AFB |
| Training burn at Warren AFB 1970 530B, O-11B & 750As Thanks to Roy Jones for the pix |
| 1/25 scale model of the Type O-5 Brockway-Mack Built by Charles Rowley |
| We are interested in obtaining T.O.s and other material on 50s era Air Force fire apparatus. |
| Not included in the Type & Class Section is the Reo-Cardox experimental Type O-1A |
| Type O-11A Da Nang Vietnam Apr 65 |
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P 8 - 339 O-10 American LaFrance
P 313 - 352 530A Dakota
P 790 -1033 530A Howe
P 1083 -1808 O-10 Marmon-Herrington
P 2182 - 2272 500 Central & Darley
P 2280 - 3007 O-11A American LaFrance
P 3050 - 3128 O-6 White-Cardox
P 3129 - 3370 750A Ward LaFrance
P 313 - 352 530A Dakota
P 790 -1033 530A Howe
P 1083 -1808 O-10 Marmon-Herrington
P 2182 - 2272 500 Central & Darley
P 2280 - 3007 O-11A American LaFrance
P 3050 - 3128 O-6 White-Cardox
P 3129 - 3370 750A Ward LaFrance
| We have put together a list of the "P" registration numbers used on early Air Force Fire Apparatus. We would appreciate any additions or corrections to this information. |
We have found two 530Bs with P numbers
two 750As with P numbers
two 750As with P numbers
| Type O-11A AmLaFr 54L3545 NJ Air National Guard |
| Type R-2 53L2019 RAF Bentwaters John B Smith Jr Photo |
| Twin Type O-11As & Crews RAF Bentwaters John B Smith Jr Photo |
| RAF Bentwaters John B. Smith Jr. Photo |
| Air Force Fire Apparatus Historian John Smith is developing a data base of 1950s era AF fire trucks using information from many sources. Working with one Type/Class at a time he will be sending the information along and we will be posting it for those interested in Air Force fire apparatus. Additions/Corrections to John's work are welcome. You can contact John via our facebook page. |
| Type O-11B American LaFrance 57L2404 J.J.Wright Collection |
| Type O-11A American LaFrance 54L2407 PA ANG Olmsted AFB |
| Is this your dad, uncle or some other member of the family? From our unknown file, O-10 P-1799 Marmon Herrington O-11A P-3951 AmLaFr, this P number quite different then our P postings. Photo taken August 1955 |
P-3657S
P-3702S
P-3191
P-3366
P-3702S
P-3191
P-3366
Type O-11A
| Type O-11A American LaFrance P-2283 J.J. Wright Collection |
| Type O-11A 54L 69 American LaFrance |
| Unknown Airman 1942 International-Seagrave Type-O4 USAF 504274 NC ANG J.J. Wright Collection |
| 1959 White-Cardox Type O-6 59L977 Hanscomb AFB |
Dave Osterberg Collection
| Williams AFB Type O-11A USAF 52 L 1993 |
| 1966 Ward LaFrance 530B Aviano AB, Italy 1982 John Owens served with the 40th CEF/DEF at Aviano and sent the photo along. |
| 1954 American LaFrance O-11A 54L210 NC ANG |
| 1942 Seagrave Clss 750 Seagrave B-4245 USAF 502036 Great Falls Air Force Base, MT |
| Seymour Johnson AFB |