2101st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
Platoon
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Object Number - UPL 13211 - Inscription on Wendling Airfield Memorial, Norfolk.
The 2101st Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon was activated in the European Theater of Operations at AAF Station 118 on the 11th April 1944 by Section 1, General Orders No. 64, HQ, 2D Bombardment Division, dated 9 April 1944.
Per Section 1, General Order 196, HQ, 2D Bombardment Division, dated 18 August 1944, the 2101st Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon was reorganized. Another fire fighting team was added which increased the strength 6 enlisted men.
Disbanded on the 15th of April per Section 1, General Orders No. 52, HQ, 8th Air Force, dated 12 April 1945.
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 2101st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 10th Station Complement Squadron 2101st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Wendling |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 10th Station Complement Squadron 2101st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Fire Fighter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Group 2101st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Fire Fighter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 2101st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 10th Station Complement Squadron 2101st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
- Role/Job: Fire Fighter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 10th Station Complement Squadron 2101st Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
Aircraft
Revisions
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)