War in Bures

This information was obtained direct from the USA.
It comes from UK Station Lists that were published at various intervals during the war. They show were US Army/Army Air Force units were on a particular day. It does not mean that the unit arrived or departed on that date, only that is where it was (think of it as a snapshot).

(BAA) indicates units with Black or African-American soldiers
(-) indicates that part of the unti was elsewhere

I note from your list of USAAF units at Bures that none were there before the autumn of 1943 - and most had been and gone a year later. This period coincides with the Ninth Air Force's Bomb Groups' operations from Essex airfields before they moved south and, later, into France. This, and the site's APO postal reference that you found, would suggest Bures served the Ninth Air Force, and not the Eighth. Logistically, that would probably mean muntions deliveries being limited to Essex airfields - there being no 9th AF bases in Suffolk. But there may have been exceptions based on geographical convenience.
Norman Wells, Pebmarsh.

USAAF Units Stationed at Bures

USAAF Units Stationed at Wakes Colne

21 June 1943
no units listed

14 August 1943
no units listed

30 September 1943
no units listed

14 November 1943
1918 Ordnance Ammunition Company

31 December 1943
766 Chemical Depot Company
767 Chemical Depot Company
1918 Ordnance Ammunition Company
1922 Ordnance Ammunition Company
1923 Ordnance Ammunition Company

21 February 1944
766 Chemical Depot Company (Aviation)
767 Chemical Depot Company (Aviation)
1925 Ordnance Ammunition Company
1928 Ordnance Ammunition Company
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, HQ & HQ Detachment
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1918 Ord Am Co

31 March 1944
766 Chemical Depot Company (Aviation)
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, HQ & HQ Det
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1918 Ord Am Co
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1925 Ord Am Co
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1928 Ord Am Co

30 April 1944
766 Chemical Depot Company (Aviation)
1516 Quartermaster Truck Bn, 1950 QM Truck Co (-)(BAA)
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, HQ & HQ Det
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1918 Ord Am Co
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1925 Ord Am Co
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1928 Ord Am Co

1st May 1944
766th Chemical Company, Depot, Aviation (149 NY)
767th Chemical Company, Depot, Aviation (149 NY)
2108th Ordnance Battalion, Ammunition, Aviation (Special)
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (with attached Medical) (149 NY)
1918th Ordnance Company, Ammunition, Aviation (149 NY)
1925th Ordnance Company, Ammunition, Aviation (149 NY)
1928th Ordnance Company, Ammunition, Aviation (149 NY)

The APO of 149 NY indicates this was part of 9thAir Force Service Command.

31 May 1944
766 Chemical Depot Company
(767 Chemical Company moved to Grovely Woods)
1516 Quartermaster Bn (M) (Avn), 1950 QM Truck Co (BAA)
1516 Quartermaster Bn (M) (Avn), 1966 QM Truck Co (BAA)
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, HQ & HQ Det
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1918 Ord Am Co
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1925 Ord Am Co
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1928 Ord Am Co

30 June 1944
766 Chemical Depot Company (Aviation)
1516 QM Bn M (Avn), 1950 Quartermaster Truck Co (BAA)
1516 QM Bn M (Avn), 1966 Quartermaster Truck Co (BAA)
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1918 Ord Ammo Co
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1925 Ord Ammo Co
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, 1928 Ord Ammo Co
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion, HQ & HQ Det

31 August 1944
1928 Ordnance Company (Ammunition)
1950 Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation) (BAA)
1966 Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation) (BAA)
2108 Ordnance Battalion (Ammunition)

25 November 1944
no units listed

16 December 1944
no units listed

2 May 1945
2005 Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation) (BAA)

29 December 1945
2006 Ordnance M Company (Aviation)

21 June 1943
no units listed

14 August 1943
no units listed

30 September 1943
no units listed

14 November 1943
no units listed

31 December 1943
19 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, HQ & HQ Battery

21 February 1944
19 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, Headquarters
19 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, Headquarters Battery

31 March 1944
19 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, Headquarters
19 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, Headquarters Battery

30 April 1944
19 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, Headquarters
19 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, Headquarters Battery

31 May 1944
19 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, Headquarters

30 June 1944
19 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, Headquarters

31 August 1944
no units listed

25 November 1944
1925 Ordnance Ammunition Company
1928 Ordnance Ammunition Company
2005 Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation) (BAA)
2108 Ordnance Ammunition Battalion

16 December 1944
2005 Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation) (BAA)

2 May 1945
no units listed

29 December 1945
no units listed

Notes:-

It is clear to see from the Bures records, three different types of units were stationed here:-
Ordnance Ammunition Battalion:- Storage and movement of bombs etc
Quartermaster Truck Company:- Vehicle maintenance, billeted at Black Camp Wood
Chemical Depot Company:- Incendary devices, Storage of Mustard Gas, Fuel Distribution.

1st May reference:-149 NY is the Army Post Office (APO) assigned to that unit. The 149 is a sequentual number assigned by the U. S. Army’s Adjutant General, and NY indicates New York. All units in the European Theatre of Operations (U. S. Army) had NY as their base Post Office. In this case, APO 149 NY was assigned to all units belonging to the IX Air Force Service Command, whose Headquarters was at Sunninghill, England. This command controlled all Air Depots and Service units in the Ninth Air Force. Most of those units moved to France and Germany as the war progressed.

Wakes Colne also housed three similar units, in addition to an "Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group".(AAA)
The 19th AAA based from 12/12/1943 until 30/07/1944
In Field Artillery and Anti-Aircraft Artillery circles a Company size unit is called a Battery.
At the present time, no information is available on the location of the anti-aircraft guns. This will require further investigation around Wakes Colne.
Wakes Colne Hall was taken over by the USAAF, presumably the 19 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, Headquarters.(see above)

There were 3 other Ordnance Battalions, Ammunition based in the UK.
It is not known if they had bases similar to those at Bures
2106th at Barnham, (8th AF)
2107th at Sharnbrook, (8th AF)
2109th at Grovely Woods, (9th AF)

February - March 1945
1330th Engineer General Service Regiment (Coloured) arrived in the UK on 7 January 1945 and landed in France on 23 March 1945.
This Unit worked on the roads at Butlers Farm between Feb and March 1945.

1330th, Engineer General Service Regiments- Redesignated as battalions at Camp Clairborne, Louisiana.
1330th, were also staged at Camp Shanks, New York.

Acknowledgement to
Philip C. Grinton:-Lt Col US Army(Retired)
Mark Boland:- USA