THIS MUST BE ONE OF THE STRANGEST PLACES TO HAVE AN RAF STATION……RAF SALTPANS,ADEN.
THIS WAS AN RX SITE (HISWA SOME 7 MILES AWAY WAS THE TX SITE). I WAS STATIONED AT SALTPANS IN 1964 DURING THE RADFAN CAMPAIGN AND THEN AFTER THAT FINISHED WAS POSTED TO HISWA FOR THE SOUTH ARABIA CAMPAIGN.
THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS THE GUADROOM BEFORE THE CHAINLINK FENCING AND GATE S WERE ERECTED PDQ.- YES WE DID PAINT THE ‘BORDER TINS’ WHITE
DO YOU HAVE A PHOTO OF A STRANGE PLACE TO HAVE AN RAF BASE AND GUARDROOM TO BOOT.?
We certainly guarded in some very remote and strange places these past 90 yrs-not me personally you understand.
I understand that we even had a Cpl post at Edinburgh Castle at one time.
I was the only RAF Police Sgt on RAF Recruiting duties south of Yorkshire in the late 70/80s period-Tom Watts was the other at Leeds CIO
Alan M
From Dave Wise
This was the DEEPS GUARDROOM at the entrance to RAF Thorney Island in the 1950's.
The Main Guardroom was about a mile away on the Main Camp. This was the control of entry point for the Camp. Manned by 1 RAFP 24/7.
