John Beeken
Military | Lieutenant
2033rd EAFFP Commanding Officer 24 July 43 - 10 Sep 43
Platoon
Departed New York POE on 5 Nov 1943.
Arrived in ETO 22 Nov 1943
Military | Lieutenant
2033rd EAFFP Commanding Officer 24 July 43 - 10 Sep 43
Group
The 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 15-January-1942 at McDill Field, Florida and equipped with B-24Cs. The Group moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and acted as a training unit for the 90th 93rd and 98th Bomb Groups and flew anti...
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Shipdham | 22 November 1943 |
Military | Sergeant | Fire Fighter | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Killed by an exploding bomb as he was responding to the crash of B-24 42-91560
Military | Lieutenant
2033rd EAFFP Commanding Officer 24 July 43 - 10 Sep 43
Military | Private | Fire Fighter | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Killed by an exploding bomb as he responded to crash of B24 42-95160
Military | Fire Fighter | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
ETO/Queen Mary 9/5/42. Home/Queen Mary 6/16/45.
Military | Lieutenant
2033rd Commanding Officer 10 Sep 43
Military | Corporal | Fire Fighter
Joined the 2033rd Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon 18 June 44.
Military | Private | Fire Fighter
Joined the 2033rd EAFFP on 19 June 44
B-24 Liberator
Crashed 4 June 1944, Garvestone, Norfolk. Crew was killed, as well as 2 firefighters who died when a bomb exploded.
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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08 October 2017 16:27:07 | usaeff | Changes to type, nicknames and commanding officers associations |
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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency; http://www.afhra.af.mil/ |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
25 June 2017 20:00:13 | usaeff | Changes to description |
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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency; http://www.afhra.af.mil/ |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
13 November 2016 17:02:45 | usaeff | Changes to unit encompassing associations |
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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
13 November 2016 16:55:13 | usaeff | Changes to stations |
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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:59 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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) |