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| 443d Troop Carrier Group | |
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 443d Troop Carrier Group Insignia | |
| Active | 1943 - 1945 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army Air Forces |
| Role | Bombardment |
| Part of | Twentieth Air Force |
| Garrison/HQ | China Burma India Theater of World War II |
The 443d Troop Carrier Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization. It served primarily in the China Burma India Theater of World War II.
History
Operational Units
- 1st Troop Carrier Squadron 1944-1945
- 2d Troop Carrier Squadron 1944-1945
- 27th Troop Carrier Squadron 1944-1945
- 309th Troop Carrier Squadron 1943-1944
- 310th Troop Carrier Squadron 1943-1944
- 315th Troop Carrier Squadron 1944-1945
Aircraft Flown
Stations Assigned
- Sedalia AAFld, MO 1 Oct 1943
- Alliance AAFld, NE 19 Jan 1944-15 Feb 1944
- Sylhet, India 15 Feb 1944
- Sookerating, India 6 Jun 1944
- Dinjan, India 9 Jul 1944
- Ledo, India 8 Oct 1944
- Dinjan, India 11 May 1945
- Chihkiang, China 28 Aug 1945
- Hankow, China 25 Sep-30 Nov 1945
- Camp Anza, CA 23-26 Dec 1945
Operational History
Constituted as 443rd Troop Carrier Group on 25 May 1943. Activated on 1 Oct 1943. Equipped with L-3, C-53, and C-47 aircraft.
Transferred, without personnel and equipment, on 15 Feb 1944 to India, where the group was remanned and new squadrons were assigned. Operated in the CBI theater until after the war, using C-47's and sometimes gliders to transport Allied troops, evacuate wounded personnel, and haul supplies and materiel, including gasoline, oil, signal and engineering equipment, medicine, rations, and ammunition. The group's missions were concerned primarily with support for Allied forces that were driving southward through Burma, but the 443rd also made many flights to China. It moved to China in Aug 1945 and received a DUC for transporting a Chinese army of more than 30,000 men from Chihkiang to Nanking in Sep 1945.
Returned to the US in Dec. Inactivated on 26 Dec 1945
See Also
References
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.