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2022nd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

Platoon

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Activated at Harding Field, LA, on 5 July 1943, per General Order #24, Hq. Harding Field, Date 5 July 1943.
Reorganized 10 April 1944, per GO #60, Hq. Third Bombardment Division, dated 7 April 1944, under the provisions of T/O&E 5-500.
Reorganized 24 August 1944
Deactivated 15 April 1945, per GO #52, Hq. Eighth Air Force.

Commanding officers

  • Kent Jorgensen

    Military | First Lieutenant | Commanding Officer 2022d EAFFP
    Commanding Officer - 2022nd EAFFP

Structure

Part of
Encompassing
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Previously was
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Became
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Stations

Station Location Date
Established 1 July 1943
Based Horham 22 October 1943
Deactiavted 15 April 1945

Connections

People

  • Jose Aguilar

    Military | Private | Firefighter | 95th Bomb Group

  • Charles Anthony

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Fire Fighter
    Assigned to 2022nd EAFFP – MOS 383, Firefighter Overseas Shipment No. 0885-BB, SO#252 Transferred to 2110th EAFFP

  • Kenneth Bennett

    Military | Corporal | Fire Fighter
    Assigned to 2022nd EAFFP – MOS 383, Firefighter Overseas Shipment No. 0885-BB, SO#252

  • Thomas Bickley

    Military | Private First Class | Fire Fighter
    Assigned to 2022nd EAFFP – MOS 383, Firefighter Overseas Shipment No. 0885-BB, SO#252

  • Arthur Bollich

    Military | Private First Class | Fire Fighter
    Assigned to 2022nd EAFFP – MOS 383, Firefighter Overseas Shipment No. 0885-BB, SO#252

  • Henry Cecil

    Military | Corporal | Fire Fighter | 95th Bomb Group
    Assigned to 2022nd EAFFP – MOS 383, Firefighter Overseas Shipment No. 0885-BB, SO#252

  • Frank Costello

    Military | Corporal | Engineer | 95th Bomb Group

  • Claude Day

    Military | Private | Fire Fighter | 95th Bomb Group
    Assigned to 2022nd EAFFP – MOS 383, Firefighter Overseas Shipment No. 0885-BB, SO#252

  • Frank Esteves

    Military | Private First Class | Engineer | 95th Bomb Group

  • Louis Freiberg

    Military | Private First Class | Engineer | 95th Bomb Group

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Citations

None

Air Force
8th
Type
Service or support
Type category
Air base
Nicknames

Correct Title for this Unit is:
2022nd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon (Aviation) or
2022nd Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon
All Engineer Fire Fighting Platoons attached to Air Bases worldwide were designated as (Aviation) Platoons to indicate their specific training in Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting.

Motto
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Insignia
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Revisions

Date Contributor Update
29 May 2017 14:12:29 usaeff Changes to description and stations
Sources

Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency; http://www.afhra.af.mil/
Date Contributor Update
21 January 2017 14:46:32 usaeff Changes to nicknames
Sources

Fire Trucks At War: http://www.firetrucks-atwar.com/
Army Firefighting website: http://www.armyfirefighting.com
Date Contributor Update
14 November 2016 03:15:37 usaeff Changes to commanding officers associations and stations
Sources

Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency
Date Contributor Update
14 November 2016 03:11:25 usaeff Changes to media associations
Sources

Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency
Date Contributor Update
14 November 2016 03:09:35 usaeff Changes to type, description, unit encompassing associations and stations
Sources

Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:59 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

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)

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