Territory Stories

808 Engineering Aviation Battalion

Details:

Title

808 Engineering Aviation Battalion,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Livingstone, Hughes, Strauss, McDonald, Pine Creek,

Nation of service

United States of America,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Engineers,

Unit

808 Engineering Aviation Battalion,

Date arrived in NT

1942,

History

This Battalion constructed a great many of the airfields in the Northern Territory. They arrived at Larrimah just before the 19 February 1942 .,

Notes

Dates: -- Katherine, 20 February 1942 -- Darwin, 20 July 1942,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, United States Army Air Force, Air Force, United States of America, Airfield construction, Road building, 808 Engineering Aviation Battalion,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Related links

https://history.army.mil/html/books/010/10-6/CMH_Pub_10-6.pdf [The Corps of Engineers : the War against Japan], http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zvmbEjhWJPAC&lpg=PA123&ots=URnkrHKFxh&dq=808th%20engineer%20aviation%20battalion%20glover&pg=PA123#v=onepage&q=808th%20engineer%20aviation%20battalion%20glover&f=false [808th Engineer Aviation Battalion - Glover], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/34660 [808 Engineering Aviation Battalion],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844735,