2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
Platoon
Fire Fighters in Fatigues, by James G. Davis
Army Fire Fighting, by L. Allen Ward
Fire Trucks at War,
Object Number - UPL 24314
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
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Based |
Grafton Underwood | 18 October 1943 |
|
Established |
Previously was
- Unit Hierarchy: Platoon
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 37432396
- Highest Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
- 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: 34629696
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Role/Job: Fire Fighter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 36589793
- Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
- 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: O-1108470
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2023rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 33506234
- Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
- Role/Job: Fire Figher
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)