First site of RAF West Kirby
My Billet
My intake- No. 5 Group of Recruit Training
Passing Out Parade
RAF FAYID - M.T. SECTION 1953-54
As Remembered By Edward (Ted) J. Marrison
Basic Training at West Kirby
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First site of RAF West Kirby |
My Billet |
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My intake- No. 5 Group of Recruit Training |
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Passing Out Parade | |
Welcome to RAF Fayid
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Main Gate |
Main Gate & Guardroom
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Hope I haven't got to work on one of these! |
Billet 69 - My New Home |
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Inside Billet 69 |
My Bed Space |
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The inmates of Billet 69 - April 1953 |
Some of my friends and inmates |
And so to work:
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The M.T. Section - I first saw this on my first night at Fayid |
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Our Recovery Vehicle |
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Spares or Repairs? |
A sample of the vehicles recovered |
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RAF Fayid Hospital Ambulance |
Bedford S.B. Coach |
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Our East African drivers |
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RAF Fayid M.T.S.S. - October 1954 | |
And some of those planes:
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York passenger aircraft |
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Hastings freight aircraft |
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Hermes passenger aircraft |
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Anson passenger aircraft |
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Tudor passenger aircraft |
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DC3 Dakota passenger aircraft |
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Bristol freighter aircraft |
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B29 Washington Bomber |
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Air India 'Constellation' aircraft |
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Meteor Jet Fighter |
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Meteor Jet Fighter - front view |
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Panther Jet Fighter of the U.S.M. Istris, France |
The people I knew
The boys of Billet 78 - Christmas 1954
Christmas 1954
Christmas 1954
Alan, Tubby & Taff
Ginger
Ginger, Self & Luke
Nobby & Sandy (our dog)
Ray
Tommy & Tubby
Ralph with an Egyptian sailor
Terry
Bill & Less
Dave
Sandy & Taff (as Arabs)
Tommy & Blondie
Maurice writing letter home
Just hanging around!
At the Blue Lagoon
The Best Places To Eat and Shop In & Around Fayid
The Coca Cola Bar
The Camera Shop
The Astra Cinema
The Outdoor Cinema
Goldenstein's
Khan Khalil Antiquities - Curio & Jewellery
The Grand Aubery
The Grand Aubery
The Frou Frou
The Y.M.C.A.
The Arizona Rest House
Vanity Fair
The NAAFI
Green Valley Restaurant
What A Night!
The Night We Were Entertained - Topping the bill was Diana Coupland, with Reg Varney & Reg & Barbara Lewis
Diana Coupland
Diana Coupland & Reg Varney
Diana Coupland
The two Reg's
Reg & Barbara Lewis
Diana Coupland & Reg Varney
Reg Lewis
Diana Coupland, Reg Varney & Reg Lewis
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Church of England, Fayid |
Fayid War Cemetery |
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A few of the locals |
Myself, climbing Mount Shubra (the Flea) |
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Wings having mungus with the locals |
Don't know why I'm up the crane! |
