Air Force Combat Units of WWII

304 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1waii, the Fiji Islands, and Australia,Aug-Nov 1943. Assigned to Fifth AF.Operated from New Guinea and Biak until1945, using (2-47’s and a few B-I~’s, plusC-46‘s that were acquired late in 1944.Transported troops; hauled such things asgasoline, ammunition, medicine, rations,communications equipment, and constructionmaterials; and evacuated woundedpersonnel. Moved to the Philippines inJan 1945. Operations included deliveringammunition, rations, and other items toFilipino guerrilla forces; evacuating prisonersof war and civilian internees; transportingcombat units from New Guinea,the Netherlands Indies, and the Solomons,to the Philippines; and dropping rice tothe leper colony on Culion Island. Transportedorganizations of Fifth AF toOkinawa, Tun-Aug 1945, and hauledoccupation forces to Japan after V-J Day.Moved to Japan in Sep 1945. Inactivatedon 15 Jan 1946.Allotted to the reserve. Activated in theUS on 6 Jul 1947. Redesignated 433dTroop Carrier Group (Medium) in Jun1949. Equipped for a time with C-46 andC-47 aircraft; converted to C-119’s in1950. Ordered to active service on 15 Oct1950. Assigned to Tactical Air Command.Moved to Germany, Jul-Aug1951, and assigned to United States AirForces in Europe. Inactivated in Germanyon 14 Jul 1952.Allotted to the reserve. Activated inthe US on 18 May 1955.SQUADRONS. 5th: 1948-1949. 65th:1946; 1947-1952; 1g55-. 68th: 1943-1946;1947-1952; 1955-. 69th: 1943-1946; 1947-1952. 70th: 1943-1946; 1947-1950. 315th:194&1949*STATIONS. Florence AAFld, SC, g Feb1943; Baer Field, Ind, 1-12 Aug 1943; PortMoresby, New Guinea, 25 Aug 1943; Biak,17 Oct 194; Tanauan, Leyte, 19 Jan 1945;Clark Field, Luzon, 31 May 1945; Tachikawa,Japan, 11 Sep 1945-15 Jan 1946.Akron, Ohio, 6 Jul 1947; Cleveland MunAprt, Ohio, 27 Tun IW; Greenville AFB,SC, 16 Oct 1950-20 Jul 1951; Rhein-MainAB, Germany, 5 Aug 1951-14 Jul 1952.Brooks AFB, Tex, 18 May 1g55-.COMMANDERS. Col Cecil B Guile, 10Feb 1943; Lt Col Marvin 0 Calliham, 17Apr 1945; Lt Col James L Cole, Sep 1945-unkn. Lt Col Cornelius P Chima, 15 Oct1950; Col Lucion N Powell, 24 Mar-14 Jul1952.CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, J a p a n;New Guinea; Northern Solomons; BismarckArchipelago; Western Pacific;Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines;Ryukyus.DECORATIONS. Philippine PresidentialUnit Citation.INSIGNE. None.434th TROOP CARRIER GROUPConstittlted as 434th Troop CarrierGroup on 30 Jan 1943. Activated on gFeb 1943. Trained with G47’s for operationsin Europe with Ninth AF. Movedto England in Oct 1943 and entered aseven-month training Deriod with IoIst1943-1945. 66th: 1943-1945. 67th: 1943- C I A