2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
PlatoonFire Fighters in Fatigues, by James G. Davis
Army Fire Fighting, by L. Allen Ward
Fire Trucks at War,
Activated July 1943
Departed Camp Kilmer, NJ 8 Oct 43
Arrived ETO 18 Oct 43.
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 2001st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon 2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: O-1108470
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: O-1115662
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
Connections
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Grafton Underwood | 18 October 1943 |
Established |
Previously was
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 2001st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon 2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 35749520
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Fire Fighter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 2001st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon 2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 33506624
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Truck Driver, Light
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 34709666
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Fire Fighter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 420th Air Service Group 493rd Bomb Group 2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon 2117th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 32872403
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Fire Fighter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 2001st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon 2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 35749520
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Fire Fighter
Revisions
Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency; http://www.afhra.af.mil/
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)