2033rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

Platoon
media-13979.jpeg UPL 13979 Garveston, Norfolk, memorial

Photo taken 6 June 2012, Gary Atkins

Object Number - UPL 13979 - Garveston, Norfolk, memorial

Departed New York POE on 5 Nov 1943.

Arrived in ETO 22 Nov 1943

Commanding Officers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2033rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Shipdham 22 November 1943

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 2033rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
  • Service Numbers: 32756508
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Fire Fighter
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2033rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 2033rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
  • Highest Rank: Private
  • Role/Job: Fire Fighter
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron 2033rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
  • Service Numbers: 36027548
  • Role/Job: Fire Fighter
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2033rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Air Engineering Squadron 2033rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency; http://www.afhra.af.mil/
Army Firefighting website: http://www.armyfirefighting.com
Fire Trucks At War: http://www.firetrucks-atwar.com/

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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency; http://www.afhra.af.mil/

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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA)

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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA)

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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)

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