Zohrab Hanisian
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: El Capitan
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron 66th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Old Goat
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New Britain, CT, USA | 23 February 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Hartford, CT, USA | 20 January 1943 | |
Died |
El Dorado Hills, CA, USA | 31 August 2011 | Zohrab (Zoe) Hanisian, a longtime resident of Napa, died on Aug. 31, 2011, in El Dorado Hills, Calif., of complications from lung cancer. Born in New Britain, Conn., on Feb. 23, 1923, Zoe was 88 years old. After high school, Zoe enlisted in the Army Air Corps in January of 1943. During World War II, he flew 32 missions as an aerial gunner on a B-24 long-range bomber. After the war, Zoe enrolled at the University of New Mexico, where he met his future wife, Betty Jo Woodard. After graduating, he went to work for the U.S. Air Force as an Information Officer/Base Historian. He and his family spent the next seven years living in Morocco, France and Germany before he was assigned to Travis Air Force Base. Zoe settled his family in Napa in 1962, and after short assignments to Colorado Springs and Belleville, Ill., he and Betty returned. In 1977, after 30 years with the Air Force, Zoe retired. Zoe's parents, Zakaria and Maritza Hanisian, along with his eldest brother, Andrew, immigrated to the United States after surviving the 1915 Armenian genocide at the hands of the Turkish government. They'd been driven from their home on Mount Musa Dagh and ended up in a refugee camp in Port Said, Egypt, where Zoe's older sister, Armenouhi, died of malnutrition (she was 2). Zoe was active in the Friends of the Napa River and other waterfront conservation groups. He was also an avid gardener and boating enthusiast, perhaps best known for his home-grown tomatoes and Meyer lemons, which he shared with friends, neighbors and charitable institutions. |
Buried |
Napa, CA, USA | 3 September 2011 | Tulocay Cemetery Napa Napa County California, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp