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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.
Regiment
The 926th Engineer Aviation Regiment was established at Richmond Army Base on 20 June 1943, and immediately alerted for overseas service. The Regiment arrived in Scotland on 26 August 1943, where they were assigned to the Eighth Air Force and sent to...
Headquarters
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Based | Wattisham | August 1943 – 26 January 1944 |
| Based | Great Barrington | January 1944 |
Military | Staff Sergeant | construction Engineer, Clerk
Member of the 820th EAB. Involved in the first phase of construction of Debach Airfield.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Commander, 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 September 2019 09:33:15 | Emily | Changes to description and stations |
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926 Engineer Aviation Regiment Unit History, Bangor Public Library |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 August 2017 07:08:19 | Droddick | Changes to person associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 August 2017 07:02:02 | Droddick | Changes to air forces |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 August 2017 06:19:28 | Droddick | Changes to description |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 August 2017 06:14:53 | Droddick | Changes to type |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 August 2017 06:14:01 | Droddick | Changes to type and air forces |
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IXth Engineer Command Unit History - http://www.ixengineercommand.com/ |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:42:54 | 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) |
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