Zohrab Hanisian

Military

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260) nicknamed "Lili Marlene" of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group flies in formation with two comrades. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 H & B-24 J OF 44th B.G. 66th Sqdn'

66th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Morris V Englehardt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28767

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron

41-28772

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: El Capitan
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron 66th Bomb Squadron

41-28910

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Old Goat
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Britain, CT, USA 23 February 1923

Enlisted

Hartford, CT, USA 20 January 1943

Died

El Dorado Hills, CA, USA 31 August 2011 Zohrab (Zoe) Hanisian, a longtime resident of Napa, died on Aug. 31, 2011, in El Dorado Hills, Calif., of complications from lung cancer. Born in New Britain, Conn., on Feb. 23, 1923, Zoe was 88 years old. After high school, Zoe enlisted in the Army Air Corps in January of 1943. During World War II, he flew 32 missions as an aerial gunner on a B-24 long-range bomber. After the war, Zoe enrolled at the University of New Mexico, where he met his future wife, Betty Jo Woodard. After graduating, he went to work for the U.S. Air Force as an Information Officer/Base Historian. He and his family spent the next seven years living in Morocco, France and Germany before he was assigned to Travis Air Force Base. Zoe settled his family in Napa in 1962, and after short assignments to Colorado Springs and Belleville, Ill., he and Betty returned. In 1977, after 30 years with the Air Force, Zoe retired. Zoe's parents, Zakaria and Maritza Hanisian, along with his eldest brother, Andrew, immigrated to the United States after surviving the 1915 Armenian genocide at the hands of the Turkish government. They'd been driven from their home on Mount Musa Dagh and ended up in a refugee camp in Port Said, Egypt, where Zoe's older sister, Armenouhi, died of malnutrition (she was 2). Zoe was active in the Friends of the Napa River and other waterfront conservation groups. He was also an avid gardener and boating enthusiast, perhaps best known for his home-grown tomatoes and Meyer lemons, which he shared with friends, neighbors and charitable institutions.

Buried

Napa, CA, USA 3 September 2011 Tulocay Cemetery Napa Napa County California, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp