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1945 FORDSON WOT 1 A
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No: 8369   Contributor: Tony Corbin   Year: 2008   Manufacturer: Fordson   Country: United Kingdom
1945 FORDSON WOT 1 A

1945 FORDSON WOT 1 A .Just out of service Westlands WESTON SUPER MARE Late 70 ts
Picture added on 01 June 2008
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Great news - this unique old girl has been saved and restored, to her old colours. See Graham's pic at picture 18336.

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 19 July 2009.
colours are right but does she work if I remember correctly the pump had (paxalin Blades) and if you closed all the deliveries whilst producing foam you blew the blades in the pump to pieces

Added by John Walker on 17 March 2010.
In RAF Service was always known as the 45 Monitor

Added by J Yates on 29 August 2011.
1945 Monitor became backup if Mk5 went u/s I used to
take the tea up to the crash crew in it at Weston
Zoyland 1956/7

Added by Norman Fowles on 07 July 2012.
My 1st Crashline experience 1945 Monitor at RAF Middle Wallop 1957. Other crash vehicle was the Austin CO2 Truck and the Crash 1 A Soft Top Land Rover.

Added by Bryan J Higgins on 16 September 2013.
I drove one of these at RAF Halton in about 1959.... those were the days ..... LOL

Added by Don Williams on 19 January 2015.
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