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Jim Clark sent these from his days at RAF Buchan.

Reg Dobson added some more pictures from his archives.
At Sheerness Docks with re-supply for the Falklands	Another photo from the archives can't remember what task we were doing
More re-supply for the Falklands this time loaded outside 2MT Sqn 6 site Stafford	Loaded at Church Fenton with MRD equipment bound for 16MU

Neil Redpath sent these from his archives.

Mastiffs at Zeebrugge docks taking new drop tanks
out to Bruggen

Seddons at Hullavington
also en route to Germany

2 MT lads taken 86/87 at the
FDC bar in Wildenrath
we where on a tank move

L to R Back Row John Reavy, Neil Redpath,
Andy Sim, Stevie Hewlett, Steve Woods,
Terry Dewhurst Maurice McCauley, ?, Steve ?,
Kneeling L to R Gordon Bunting, John Swallow,
Ray Shackleton, Bert Baker

Roger Bowen sent these two modern day images of a Sentinel still working well.

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Phil Beddard sent in this picture of a brand new Seddon Atkinson with sleeper cab which he drove as an SAC.

Reg Dobson added some more vehicle images...

Transporting a Sideloader, another in the background.

Fred Hughes, Terry Key & Russ Jones
panic tanning in Cagliari

Fred Hughes left and Terry Key
taking a break en route to Decci

2MT's first run to Decci,
one of the vehicles & us at the
French military base in Auxerre

Russ, Fred & Terry, we had to spend the weekend
in Genoa as we missed the Friday ferry
due to the breakdown en route


Awaiting Ferry at Stranraer en route to RAF Bishops Court N Ireland with radar equipment		John Reavy at Stranraer, Colin McCracken and myself are driving the other vehicles		At Zeebrugge awaiting ferry after recovery of 5 Sqn Lighting ground Equipment ex Munich bound for Binbrook

Tommy the Truck			FDC Wildenrath, Tommy the Truck Cooper loading

Terry Wildenrath			Myself at FDC Wildenrath

Bert Baker at 11 MU Sealand awaiting a move to RAE Farnborough with a Canberra mainplane 27ft wide

Mick Grey left, Joe Girvan right, awaiting customs clearance at Felixstowe			Myself at Felixstowe in my younger days ex Torcon run to Mechernich Germany

Eddy Cooper in overalls waiting to be loaded at 14 MU Carlisle the modern traction of 2MT at the time. Dont know the name of the other lad on the trailer with him			One Man operated Drop Frame Trailer lots of grunt needed when using the bottle jacks and removing the rear axle then get the load on and put everything back to running order. At the rear of 2MT Sqn 6 Site RAF Stafford

A more modern trailer this time no bottle jacks or taking the axle off, transporting a MK7 for refurbishment to Batley Ex RAF Brawdy			These 2MT Trucks where spotted in the MT at Shawbury by my Nephew earlier this week

Waiting at Hamburg Docks for the ferry to Harwich			Homeward bound, Roermond Border

Ian Clarke in RAF Bruggen MT Section yard after offloading the RAF Regiments Scorpion Tanks and APCs Ex RAF Catterick

The Army to the rescue on Lunenburg Heath, note the ropes holding the APC's on the trailer			Loaded at RAF Catterick this time modern traction and sliding Bogie trailer also a modern tie down scheme with load bearing straps

At Cleethorpes with Exhibition Trailers

Aden 1966			Aden 1966

Aden 1966	Aden 1966				Aden 1966

Seddon Atkinson outside 2 MT Sqn HQ building at RAF Wittering........

Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 65 KD 12
Entered Service April 1985, Retired from Service April 2002

During it's Service life this vehicle was utilised by the following Units

RAF Bruggen - 431 MU
RAF Gutersloh - Station MT
RAF Laarbruch - Station MT
RAF Stafford - 2 MT Sqn

After 1084B action, Station and 2 MT personnel restored the vehicle at RAF Stafford. It was later moved into position outside the 2 MT Sqn HQ building at RAF Wittering when the Sqn was relocated from Stafford in March 2006.

Reg Dobson sent these 2 loads.


Loading a yacht at Lymington	Roping & Sheeting lorry

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