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==History==
==History==
=== Lineage===
=== Lineage===
* Constituted '''11th Combat Cargo Squadron''' on 1 Jun 1944
: Activated on 5 Jun 1944
: Redesignated '''332d Troop Carrier Squadron''' on 29 Sep 1945
: Inactivated on 10 Apr 1947
* Redesignated '''332d Troop Carrier Squadron (Special)''' on 19 Nov 1948
: Activated on 19 Nov 1948
: Inactivated on 16 Oct 1949
* Redesignated '''332d Troop Carrier Squadron (Assault, Fixed Wing)''' on 30 Jun 1955
: Activated on 8 Nov 1955
: Redesignated '''332d Troop Carrier Squadron (Assault)''' on 1 Jul 1958
: Inactivated on 1 Dec 1958.


===Assignments===
===Assignments===
* 3d Combat Cargo Group, 5 Jun 1944
: Attached to 443d Troop Carrier Group, 16 Jun-12 Aug 1944
* Fourteenth Air Force, c. 1 May 1945
* 513th Troop Carrier Group, C. 1 Nov 1945
* Army Air Forces, China
: Under operational control of Peiping Headquarters Command, 15 Apr 1946
* United States Army Forces, China
: Under operational control of Peiping Headquarters Command, 20 Jun 1946-10 Apr 1947
* 513th Troop Carrier Group, 19 Nov 1948-16 Oct 1949; 8 Nov 1955
* 513th Troop Carrier Wing, 1 Jul-1 Dec 1958


===Stations===
===Stations===
* Sylhet Airfield, India, 5 Jun 1944
* Dinjan Airfield, India, 6 Jun 1944
: Detachment operated from Sookerating Airfield, India, 16 Jun-14 Jul 1944
* Yunnani Airfield, China, 14 May 1945
* Luliang Airfield, China, 20 Jun 1945
* Shanghai Airfield, China, 12 Oct 1945
* Peiping Airfield, China, 20 Apr 1946-10 Apr 1947
* Rhein/Main AB, Germany, 19 Nov 1948-16 Oct 1949
* Sewart AFB, Tenn, 8 Nov 1955-1 Dec 1958.


===Operations History===
===Aircraft===
* C-47 Skytrain, 1944-1947

* C-46 Commando, 1945-1947
* C-54 Skymaster, 1948-1949
* C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1955-1956
* C-123 Globemaster II, 1956-1958


== References==
== References==

Revision as of 02:19, 18 November 2009

332d Troop Carrier Squadron
Emblem of the 332d Troop Carrier Squadron
Active1944-1958
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force

The 332d Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 513th Troop Carrier Wing, being inactivated at Sewart AFB, Tennessee on 1 December 1958

History

Lineage

  • Constituted 11th Combat Cargo Squadron on 1 Jun 1944
Activated on 5 Jun 1944
Redesignated 332d Troop Carrier Squadron on 29 Sep 1945
Inactivated on 10 Apr 1947
  • Redesignated 332d Troop Carrier Squadron (Special) on 19 Nov 1948
Activated on 19 Nov 1948
Inactivated on 16 Oct 1949
  • Redesignated 332d Troop Carrier Squadron (Assault, Fixed Wing) on 30 Jun 1955
Activated on 8 Nov 1955
Redesignated 332d Troop Carrier Squadron (Assault) on 1 Jul 1958
Inactivated on 1 Dec 1958.

Assignments

  • 3d Combat Cargo Group, 5 Jun 1944
Attached to 443d Troop Carrier Group, 16 Jun-12 Aug 1944
  • Fourteenth Air Force, c. 1 May 1945
  • 513th Troop Carrier Group, C. 1 Nov 1945
  • Army Air Forces, China
Under operational control of Peiping Headquarters Command, 15 Apr 1946
  • United States Army Forces, China
Under operational control of Peiping Headquarters Command, 20 Jun 1946-10 Apr 1947
  • 513th Troop Carrier Group, 19 Nov 1948-16 Oct 1949; 8 Nov 1955
  • 513th Troop Carrier Wing, 1 Jul-1 Dec 1958

Stations

  • Sylhet Airfield, India, 5 Jun 1944
  • Dinjan Airfield, India, 6 Jun 1944
Detachment operated from Sookerating Airfield, India, 16 Jun-14 Jul 1944
  • Yunnani Airfield, China, 14 May 1945
  • Luliang Airfield, China, 20 Jun 1945
  • Shanghai Airfield, China, 12 Oct 1945
  • Peiping Airfield, China, 20 Apr 1946-10 Apr 1947
  • Rhein/Main AB, Germany, 19 Nov 1948-16 Oct 1949
  • Sewart AFB, Tenn, 8 Nov 1955-1 Dec 1958.

Aircraft

  • C-47 Skytrain, 1944-1947
  • C-46 Commando, 1945-1947
  • C-54 Skymaster, 1948-1949
  • C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1955-1956
  • C-123 Globemaster II, 1956-1958

References

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

  • Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975

External links