4th Combat Cargo Group

  June 1944 to February 1946

  United States of America

TYPE: USAAF unit

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Syracuse AAB, NY (1944), Bowman Field, KY (1944), Sylhet, Bengal, India (1944), Agartala, Tripura, India (1944-1945), Chittagong, Bengal, India (1945), Namponmao, Burma (1945), RAF Ondal, Bengal, India (1945-1946)

FORMER NAME: Nil

SUBSEQUENT NAME: 514^th Troop Carrier Group, Medium (when re-established May 1949)

Commandos operated, squadron or station unknown:

• Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando: 42-101171 (probable), 42-101172 (probable)

The 4^th Combat Cargo Group was activated on 13 June 1944 at Syracuse AAB, NY. It trained under I Troop Carrier Command at Bowman Field, KY until November 1944, on Commandos and C-47 Skytrains.

The Group moved to the China-Burma-India theater in November 1944, initially operating from Sylhet, Bengal, India. Operations began with Commandos in December 1944. The group transported reinforcements and supplies for Allied forces in Burma until May 1945.  Operations included moving equipment and materials for the Ledo Road in December 1944, transporting men, mules, and boats when the Allies crossed the Irrawaddy River in February 1945, and dropping Gurkha paratroops during the assault on Rangoon in May 1945. The Group then moved to Burma in June 1945 and hauled ammunition, gasoline, mules, and men to China until the war ended.

The Group finally returned to India in November 1945. Unlike the other two Combat Cargo Groups in the theatre (1^st & 3^rd CCG), the 4th was not redesignated as a Troop Carrier Group following V-J Day,  and was instead inactivated on 9 February 1946 and disbanded on 8 October 1948. However, the 514^th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, established on 10 May 1949 with a fleet of Commandos, descends directly from the 4th Combat Cargo Group.

The 4^th Combat Cargo Group was composed of four squadrons: