820th Engineer Aviation Battalion
Battalion
After two years of airfield construction in England, the 820th hit Omaha beachhead with invasion forces on D + One. A-12 at Lignerolles was completed despite enemy artillery, bombs and straffing. They followed Patton to Le Mans, completing four airfields in the area before going into the buzz-bomb area of Belgium, and later across the Roer and finally the Rhine.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Based |
Great Barrington | |
|
Based |
Wattisham | 26 January 1944 |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion
- Service Numbers: 32021898
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: construction Engineer, Clerk
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Commander, 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion
Revisions
IXth Engineer Command Unit History - http://www.ixengineercommand.com/
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)