"Birch was our home, our first English friends were discovered there. This was 'our baby' , the baby
we had bred and nursed into being, what promised to become an outstanding example of what a crack Aviation Engineer Battalion could do"

' 846th Aviation Engineer Battalion - USAAF May 1944 '

Welcome to the first and only comprehensive history of
Birch Airfield Essex.

This website is based on the original manuscript for a local
history book I completed in 1995 but never published.Please
click on any of the links to the left to discover more of the
unique and fascinating story of Birch Airfield, the thirteenth
and last Airfield to be built by USAAF personnel in the UK
during the Second World War.