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.
Category Archives: Units
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).
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 …
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.
AVIATION ENGINEERS IN WORLD WAR II: Key to Allied Successes from Normandy to V-E Day
Nathan Norkin
Nate Norkin commanded one of the reconnaissance units of the 922nd EAR. In this role, he and his men worked ahead of the regiment scouting locations for new airfields. In 2009, Nate’s local historical society, The Stamford Historical Society, worked to document the accomplishments of local residents during World War II. The exhibit is on …