Landing in England in Sept. 1942, five months after being activated, this Battalion started construction on Glatton Airdrome and Abbots Ripton Air Depot. They arrived in France on D + 24, following advancing armies across France into the heart of the Reich. By V-E Day they had built ten airdromes, 16 S&E strips, and maintained 9 airdromes built by others.
Aviation Engineers in Mobile Warfare
Related Documents
- Wright, Gail. 832nd Engineer Aviation Battalion History. n.p., 1945. 99 p. #502-832.1945.
- Young, Jake. Co. C, 832nd EAB. Marceline, MO: Walsworth Brothers, 1952. 95 p. #502-832.1952.