819th Engineers

The 819th arrived in the E.T.O. in July 1942 to build Andrews Field, the first American-built heavy-bomber drome in England. Elements of the unit landed in France H + 3 hours on D-Day. Battalion won Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for construction under fire of first ALG in Normandy. Constructed 10 ALGs and 14 S and E strips, and rehabilitated three enemy airdromes on the continent.

820th Engineers

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.

A-41 Dreux F/B 840 M/B 840 21-Aug-1944 26-Aug-1944 UNKNOWN A-41 A-41 A-42 Villacoublay F/B 818 TAD 818 27-Aug-1944 30-Aug-1944 A-42 A-42 A-43 St. Marceau F/B 819 20-Aug-1944 31-Aug-1944 20-Nov-1944 A-43 A-43 A-44 Peray F/B 819 20-Aug-1944 02-Sep-1944 20-Nov-1944 A-44 A-44 A-45 Lonray F/B 850 22-Aug-1944 03-Sep-1944 20-Nov-1944 A-45 A-45 A-46 Toussus Le Noble F/B 818 TNSPT 818 28-Aug-1944 30-Aug-1944 8-Aug-1945 A-46 A-46 A-47 Orly TNSPT 826 ATC 27-Aug-1944 28-Aug-1944 A-47 A-47 A-48 Bretigny M/B 825 27-Aug-1944 29-Aug-1944 8-Aug-1945 A-48 A-48 A-49 Beille TNS 818 15-Aug-1944 15-Aug-1944 25-Sep-1944 A-49 A-49 A-50 Orleans/Bricy TNS 833 M/B 832 T/C 877 22-Aug-1944 24-Aug-1944 A-50 A-50 A-51 Morlaix TNSPT CONSTR BY 163RD ENGR COMBAT BN. 8-Nov-1944 A-51 A-51 A-52 Etampes/Mondesir TNSPT 833 29-Aug-1944 30-Aug-1944 25-Sep-1944 A-52 A-52 A-53 Issy Les Moulineaux LIAS 843 29-Aug-1944 29-Aug-1944 5-Dec-1944 A-53 A-53 A-54 Le Bourget TNSPT 843 28-Aug-1944 29-Aug-1944 A-54 A-54 A-55 Melun M/B 830 TAD 833 T/C 878 01-Sep-1944 15-Sep-1944 8-Aug-1945 A-55 A-55 A-56 Le Hamel LIAS 830 24-Aug-1944 27-Aug-1944 9-Nov-1944 A-56 A-56 A-57 Laval TNSPT CONSTR BY 341ST ENGR COMBAT BN. 15-Sep-1944 A-57 A-57 A-58 Coulommiers M/B 825 01-Sep-1944 08-Sep-1944 8-Aug-1945 A-58 A-58 A-59 Cormeilles-En-Vexin M/B 816 06-Sep-1944 15-Sep-1944 8-Aug-1945 A-59 A-59 A-6 Beuzeville F/B 819 07-Jun-1944 15-Jun-1944 18-Sep-1944 A-6 A-6 A-12 Lignerolles F/B 820 06-Jul-1944 18-Jul-1944 4-Nov-1944 A-12 A-12