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2122nd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

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  • This is at Martlesham Heath and shows the Station Fire Chief explaining the American Fire Truck to local AFS personnel. From the records there were very good relationships between the base fire fighters and the local brigades. The base firemen would attend any local aircraft incident to assist the AFS units. The crash could involve big quantities of fuel, gun ammunition and bomb loads with single or multi airmen involved.

    This is at Martlesham Heath and shows the Station Fire Chief explaining the American Fire Truck to local AFS personnel. From the records there were very good relationships between the base fire fighters and the local brigades. The base firemen would attend any local aircraft incident to assist the AFS units. The crash could involve big quantities of fuel, gun ammunition and bomb loads with single or multi airmen involved.

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  • This is a page from the Station Magazine at Martlesham Heath - USAAF Station F-369 - 356th Fighter Group. It is a record of a random tour of the base by the reporter. He visits 8 of the units operational on the airfield and introduces individuals from them. My personal interest is the Fire Fighting Platoon (2122nd ENGINEER (AVN) FIRE FIGHTING PLATOON) My Father was a Fireman AFS 1938 through to 1967 as an UK Air Ministry Fireman at RAF Pershore, The article gives their CO as Edward F. Etzel , who took the command on 19 July 1944 and the Fire Chief as Rufus A. Maxfield who was still at the base in October 1944, so this gives an

    This is a page from the Station Magazine at Martlesham Heath - USAAF Station F-369 - 356th Fighter Group. It is a record of a random tour of the base by the reporter. He visits 8 of the units operational on the airfield and introduces individuals from them. My personal interest is the Fire Fighting Platoon (2122nd ENGINEER (AVN) FIRE FIGHTING PLATOON) My Father was a Fireman AFS 1938 through to 1967 as an UK Air Ministry Fireman at RAF Pershore, The article gives their CO as Edward F. Etzel , who took the command on 19 July 1944 and the Fire Chief as Rufus A. Maxfield who was still at the base in October 1944, so this gives an "about" for the writing of the article ??

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Structure

Part of
  • VIII Fighter Command

    VIII Fighter Command

    Command
    VIII Fighter Command was established as VIII Interceptor Command at Selfridge Field on 2 February 1942.

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Became
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Stations

Station Location Date
Established Martlesham Heath 1 November 1943

Connections

People

  • Joseph Avellar

    Military | Corporal (5th Grade) | Cpl later Section Chief

  • Myron Braun

    Military | 2122nd Fire (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon
    2122ND E(A)FFP records page 1818 from 54th to 2122nd

  • Marcus Davenport

    Military | 2122nd Fire (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon - Tec5
    Platoon Records Page 0289 20/01/44 - and 04/06/44 To Tech 5th Grade. this early to arrival records are very sparse, he obviously carried out taining in his spare time to get the advancement!

  • Broughton Dean

    Military | 2122nd Fire (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon - Tec5
    Page 0298 20/01/1944 to 2122Plt E(A)FFP. 04/06/1944 To Tech5th grade

  • William Dodd

    Military | First Lieutenant | Fire Marshall 21/02/44 - 2122nd EAFFP. Aug 44 to ETOUSA | 356th Fighter Group
    1st Lt William J. Dodd arrived at Martlesham Heath as a member of the 54th Company Squadron, an administration operation. On 21/02/1944 he was MADE Station Fire Marshall which included becoming the CO of 2122nd Engineer (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon...

  • Edward Etzel

    Military | Appt. 2122ndcSqd CO 15Aug44
    His first action was to go on an RAF Fire Training course (2 weeks)at RAF Sutton-on-Hull. He was the only officer to take this course. Became CO 2122Platoon.

  • Harry Guckert

    Military | S/Sgt and Section Chief 2122 Platoon at Martlesham Heath
    Is mentioned in both 54th Comp Sqdn records and 2122 platoon reports as arriving. Nothing further found?

  • Carl Hensley

    Military | 2122nd Fire (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon - Tec5

  • Roland Hoyt

    Military | 2122nd Fire (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon - Tec5
    Reported in to 2122 Plt Page 0208 20/01/44 Platoon records at station F-369 - 356th Fighter Group. www.mhas.org.uk

  • Philip Kaplan

    Military | Tec 5 - 08/10/44 Awarded the "Soldiers Medal"
    He is recorded in the 2122Plt records - Page 0289 - 20/01/44 . Then 08/10/44 He is awarded the "Soldiers Medal" with Sgt William J. Melling - They rescued a pilot from an aircraft - we believe!!

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

Correct Title for this Unit is:
2122nd Engineer (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon
All Engineer Platoons attached to Air Bases world wide were designated as (Aviation) Platoons to indicate their specific training in Rescue and fire fighting on aircraft.

Motto
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Insignia
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Aircraft used
  • P-47 Thunderbolt
  • P-51 Mustang
  • Spitfire

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
07 August 2020 16:58:51 MHAS Museum Manager Changes to stations
Sources

MHAS museum manager upgrade
Date Contributor Update
14 November 2016 21:41:30 usaeff Changes to media associations
Sources

Martin Stillivent
Date Contributor Update
13 July 2015 16:44:28 MHAS Museum Manager Changes to type, nicknames and aircraft types
Sources

MHAS Museum Manager - Ian Lisseman - detail obtained from 2122nd Platoon Weekly Diary sent to Commanding Officer Headquarters RAF Station F-369 Martlesham Heath.
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:43:00 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

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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