Following the Battle of the Bulge, the headquarters company of the 922nd EAR was tasked with writing an account of how they were able to move the unit quickly out of the way of of advancing German units. This report was used to help define procedures but other units.
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850th EAB, Co A Information
I finally got a chance to digitize and post the unit history for Company A, 850th EAB. I also extracted the unit’s roster and timeline in Europe. The info is all here
R-95 Tempelhof Completion Report
Friend of the site, Doug Lingenfelter, recently shared this copy of the Completion Report prepared by the 852nd Engineer Aviation Battalion (EAB).
New photos of Le Bourget (A-54)
I just recently posted some new photos I have of Le Bourget Airfield (A-54), just outside Paris. This is the same airfield into which Charles Lindberg flew in 1927 Le Bourget now serves as the National Air and Space Museum of France
Aviation Engineers Technical Manual
Series 5 of the War Department’s Technical Manuals gave instructions for Engineers. TM 5-255 was specifically written to detail the work of the Aviation Engineers. It is a very informative manual for those interested in the work of the IX Engineer Command. TM5-255
818th EAB Monthly Reports Posted
The Monthly Reports published by the 818th EAB during the war have now been posted on the site.
Col. Pat Little, Jr
Augustine Patterson Little, Jr. (Pat) was born on 17 November 1914 in Louisville, Ga. to Augustine Patterson Little (“Gus”) and Laura Landrum Lee (“Miss Laura”). He was the second of three children and the only boy. He was an excellent student and graduated from high school a year early (at the age of 14). His ambition was to attend …
IX Engineer Command Unit COs and Heads of Staff
Roster of the COs and Heads of Staff for units assigned to the IX Engineer Command. This roster was generated around VE Day.
Consolidating in Normandy
I just found this British Movietone film on Youtube. It has scenes of the aviation engineers building an airfield at 1:32 and a couple IX Engineer Command trucks at 3:02.