FIRE TRUCKS AT WAR
Photo Gallery 2
1944 Chev-Oren 4x4 Class 525  USA 508441  Oren # RW&E 841
Rig owned by Mike Speece
Two photos from the Army Chemical Center, Edgewood MD
1950s view of equipment is shown in left photo, rigs include, 40s Class 325, 1942 Boyer
Class 750 and 1941 Seagrave Class 750
From Fort Knox, 1936 USA operating
on a building fire.
From the Jim Davis Collection
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1944 Chev 4x4-General Fire Truck Corp Class 325.  Rig is owned by the Chatham Twp NJ Fire
Department.  Photos sent in by John Benton
During the war the German Air Force had in service this crash tender, built in 1942 on the Henschel 33 FA1 chassis with
bodywork and pump built by Magirus.  The pump delivered 660 gallons per minute and the truck held 660 gallons of water
and 79 gallons of foam.   The rig was rebuilt in 1989 and is owned by the Fuldatal Volunteer FD in Germany.
Our thanks to Juergen Kiefer for the use of his photos.
1941 Mack, Class 750, chassis # 70 S 1020, USA 501148
In 1951 the City of Tonganoxie, KS purchased this fire truck and it served the city until 1960.  We contacted Al Disanto  from Tonganoxie
Historical Society and he was able to supply us with the trucks motor number.  Looking in our data base we were able to find that the rig
is a 1936 USA Class BF750, USA W-5071 that served at Fort Leavenworth, KS.  
Our thanks to Al, pictured above at the wheel of the restored truck and the Tonganoxie Historical Society for the  restoration of this
important piece of Tonganoxie and Army Fire Service History.  
Army firefighters from the San Bernardino Engineering Depot, CA.  Nov 1943
Army 3/4 ton cargo truck converted into a fire truck pulling a British Scammel fire pump trailer.  Unknown Army Depot in England.  
  June 1943
Another fire truck conversion on a 3/4 ton cargo truck in England, manned by British Army firefighters with Dennis Major fire trailer.     
May 1943
Another fire truck conversion, complete with bell, from England during WWII
Fearing an attack from German aircraft, the Boston FD
equipped one of its pumpers with a anti-aircraft machine gun.
1941 Ford-Central Class 500 from Fort Casey, WA
USA 50590
Before
During
1936 USA Holabird Fire Truck Restoration
Photo by Estuardo Garcia Tonganoxie Mirror
Photo by Estuardo Garcia Tonganoxie Mirror
Tonganoxi Mirror
Tonganoxi Mirrow
1943 Sterling-Cardox Class 150 USA 505595
Gieger Army Airfield, WA
Curiosity of the Fort Eustis Museum
1942 Ford-Hahn Class 325 USA 503119
1946 Mack Class 750 USA 5011035
Oakland Army Terminal, CA
1946 Mack Class 750 USA 5011003
Pair of 40s era Seagraves Class 750
Radford Army Arsenal, VA