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805th Engineer Aviation Battalion (United States)

805th Engineer Aviation Battalion
805th Memorial.jpg
805th Memorial at National Museum of the US Air Force
Active 1941–1946
Country United States
Branch USAAF
Type Engineer
Role Constructed fighter and bomber airfields in Central America and the Pacific during World War II
Garrison/HQ MacDill Field, Florida
Motto(s) Instrumentis et Gladis
(With Tools and Weapons)
Colors Scarlet and White
Engagements World War II
Saipan
Iejima
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Major General Lee B. Washbourne
Colonel Harry A. Hall

The 805th Engineer Aviation Battalion was a United States Army Air Forces unit activated on 12 February 1941 at MacDill Field (Army Air Base) near Tampa, Florida. It was deactivated shortly after World War II.


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