847th Engineers

The 847th was attached to the First Tactical Air Force until it came under IX Engineer Command in February, 1945. It built first two medium-bomber fields for support of 6th U.S. Army Group at Lyon and Dijon. It was the first Battalion of the Regiment to enter Germany, and completed one of the first OAF fields at Schweinfurt.

850th Engineers

The 850th landed on Utah Beachhead on D + 14, where they built a "Cub" field. From there they proceeded to airfield construction at Querville, Gaem, Iannes, Alençon, Vitry, Reims, Haye, Nancy and many other places. By Easter, 1945, they had crossed the Rhine where they completed five fields and six S and Es.

R-15 Oschersleben S & E 852 12-Apr-1945 12-Apr-1945 UNKNOWN R-15 R-15 R-16 Hildesheim S & E 852 11-Apr-1945 12-Apr-1945 5-Jun-1945 R-16 R-16 R-17 Gottingen S & E 820 11-Apr-1945 12-Apr-1945 12-Jul-1945 R-17 R-17 R-18 Kolleda S & E 826 13-Apr-1945 13-Apr-1945 5-Jul-1945 R-18 R-18 R-19 Nordhausen S & E 826 14-Apr-1945 14-Apr-1945 30-Apr-1945 R-19 R-19 R-20 Esperstedt S & E 820 14-Apr-1945 14-Apr-1945 30-Apr-1945 R-20 R-20 R-21 Rockau S & E 825 13-Apr-1945 15-Apr-1945 15-May-1945 R-21 R-21 R-22 Rodigen S & E 832 15-Apr-1945 16-Apr-1945 15-Jun-1945 R-22 R-22 R-23 Altenburg S & E 825 16-Apr-1945 16-Apr-1945 5-Jul-1945 R-23 R-23 R-24 Wurzburg S & E 819 17-Apr-1945 17-Apr-1945 15-May-1945 R-24 R-24 R-25 Schweinfurt S & E 819 F/B 17-Apr-1945 18-Apr-1945 R-25 R-25 R-26 Bayreuth S & E 840 18-Apr-1945 18-Apr-1945 R-26 R-26 R-27 Sachsenheim F/B 71 19-Apr-1945 24-Apr-1945 R-27 R-27 R-28 Furth S & E 850 F/B 850 18-Apr-1945 19-Apr-1945 R-28 R-28 R-29 Hertzogenaurach S & E 819 F/B 18-Apr-1945 19-Apr-1945 R-29 R-29 R-30 Furth/Undustriehafen S & E 850 F/B 850 STORAGE 19-Apr-1945 22-Apr-1945 R-30 R-30 R-31 Merseburg S & E 818 15-Apr-1945 16-Apr-1945 5-Jul-1945 R-31 R-31 A-98 Rosieres En Haye F/B 850 22-Sep-1944 21-Nov-1944 22-May-1945 A-98 A-98 Y-9 Dijon/Longvic F/B CONSTR BY ENGR COMD MTO 1-Jul-1945 Y-9 Y-9