RAF Crash tender identification

[Larry Hayward]

'On the other hand even RAF stations have telephones and poles etc. It could just be a GPO van going about its business'

- I thought that too. But the strangely the vehicle is on the airside part of airfield whereas all the buildings and a large parking area was behind the photographer! There was nothing else to connect to on the other side of the landing strip.

Surely if a 15cwt CMP can act as a fire tender (as seen on another thread) so could an old GPO van. It would be interesting to know what (little) equipment was carried on early RAF crash tenders before the advent of proper Fire engines such as the Austin K6 & Crossley Q etc.