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JRE 294 1939 Leyland FT4A? Pump Escape.
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No: 43343   Contributor:   Year: 2022   Manufacturer: Leyland   Country: United Kingdom
JRE 294 1939 Leyland FT4A? Pump Escape.

Leyland Pump Escape JRE 294 - chassis no 100395, new to Stafford Borough Fire Brigade in December 1939, named 'Eveline' in 1940. Still the care of the successor Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service (not sure of ownership) located at their Sandyford Community Fire Station, near Tunstall. [info culled from other online sources, cannot be 100% sure - photo is mine Feb 2022]

Ed: appeared on the front page of the book Leyland Fire Engines produced by the Leyland Soc. Saw service in the Coventry Blitz. Described in some places as a Leyland Hippo
Picture added on 07 June 2022 at 09:43
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Seems as if headroom for anyone in the centre of the rear seat would have been a bit limited, compared to the contemporary enclosed body Leyland PE in picture 704.

Added by Rob Johnson on 07 June 2022.
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