5th Troop Carrier Squadron

5th Troop Carrier Squadron
Active	1933-1949
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Troop Carrier

The 5th Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Tenth Air Force, based at Selfridge Field, Michigan. It was inactivated on 27 June 1949.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 5th Transport Squadronon 1 Oct 1933

Activated on 14 Oct 1939

Redesignated 5th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942

Disbanded on 14 Apr 1944

• Reconstituted on 25 Aug 1947

Activated in the reserve on 15 Sep 1947

Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949.

Assignments

• 10th Transport (later Troop Carrier) Group, 14 Oct 1939-14 Apr 1944

Attached to 314th Troop Carrier Group, 22 Feb-8 Apr 1943

• Second Air Force, 15 Sep 1947
• Tenth Air Force, 1 Jul 1948
• First Air Force, 15 Aug 1948
• 433d Troop Carrier Group, 28 Oct 1948
• Tenth Air Force, 28 Mar-27 Jun 1949.

Stations

• Patterson Field, Ohio, 14 Oct 1939
• General Billy Mitchell Field, Wisconson, 25 May 1942
• Pope Field, North Carolina, 4 Oct 1942
• Lawson Field, Georgia, 2 Dec 1942
• Grenada AAF, Mississippi, 26 Jan 1944
• Alliance AAF, Nebraska, c. 12 Mar-14 Apr 1944
• Selfridge Field, Michigan, 15 Sep 1947-27 Jun 1949.

Aircraft

• C-33 and C-39 during the period 1939-1942
• C-47, 1941-1944
• C-53, 1943-1944
• L-3 and L-4, 1943.

Operational history

Operational training unit prior to Dec 1942; replacement training for glider crews, c. Dec 1942-Apr 1944; provided training for army airborne units, and ferried gliders, 1943-1944.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.