3rd Combat Cargo Squadron / 328th Troop Carrier Squadron

  1 May 1944 to 29 September 1945

  United States of America

TYPE: USAAF unit

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Bowman Field, KY (1944), Baer Field, IN (1944), Sylhet, Bengal, India (1944), Imphal, Manipur, India (1944-1945), Hathazari, Bengal, India (1945), Myitkyina, Burma (1945), Luliang, Yunnan, China (1945), Kunming, Yunnan, China (1945)

FORMER NAME: Nil

SUBSEQUENT NAME: 328^th Troop Carrier Squadron (from September 1945)

The 3^rd Combat Cargo Squadron was one of the 1^st Combat Cargo Group's four squadrons during World War II. It served in the China-Burma-India theatre where it transported personnel and supplies, primarily to forward areas, and evacuated casualties. Between September and October 1944, a detachment operated from Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China. While being primarily a C-47 Skytrain squadron, it did also operate a few Commandos. The 3^rd CCS received a Distinguished Unit Citation for transporting supplies, equipment, and personnel in French Indochina, China, and Manchuria in September 1945.

At the end of the war, the squadron was redesignated 328^th Troop Carrier Squadron.

February 1944* to October 1944*

Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando: 42-3616