926th Engineer Aviation Regiment

Regiment

The 926th Engineer Aviation Regiment was established at Richmond Army Base on 20 June 1943, and immediately alerted for overseas service. The Regiment arrived in Scotland on 26 August 1943, where they were assigned to the Eighth Air Force and sent to Honington. The Regiment's seven Battalions were tasked with building over 33 airfields.



On 26 January 1944 the Regiment were re-assigned to the Ninth Air Force and moved to Great Barrington where they carried out practice loading and vehicle weighing in preparation for the invasion of Europe. After two months of training the Regiment returned to East Anglia, and were stationed at Wethersfield. The Regiment were move again to Cokethorpe in May 1944, and began moving into France shortly after D-Day.



In Europe the Regiment supervised construction of airfields, and supervised coordination, and the proper reporting, of reconnaissance for new sites. Transport strips were constructed on the heels of the advancing armies.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Honington 26 August 1943 - 26 January 1944

Based

Great Barrington 26 January 1944

Based

Wethersfield

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Cokethorpe

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Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)