40th Troop Carrier Squadron

  July 1942 to May 1967

  United States of America

TYPE: USAAF & USAF unit

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Bowman Field, KY (1942), Lawson Field, GA (1942), Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC (1942-1943), Garbutt Field, Australia (1943), Port Moresby, New Guinea (1943-1944), Finschhafen Airfield, New Guinea (1944), Hollandia, Dutch East Indies (1944), Leyte, Philippines (1944-1945), Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines (1945), Okinawa, Japan (1945), Osaka, Japan (1945-1946), Tachikawa AB, Japan (1946), Matsushima AB, Japan (1946-1948), Tachikawa AB, Japan (1948), Wiesbaden AB, Germany (1948), Celle RAF Station, Germany (1948-1949), Rhein-Main AB, West Germany (1952-1953), Neubiberg AB, West Germany (1953-1957), Evreux AB, France (1957-1964), Lockbourne AFB, OH (1964-1967)

FORMER NAME: 40^th Transport Group

SUBSEQUENT NAME: 40^th Tactical Airlift Group (redesignated 1967)

The 40^th Troop Carrier Squadron was assigned to the 317^th Troop Carrier Group (later Wing) during WWII and the early years of the Cold War. It essentially followed its Group, deloying to Australia in January 1943 to operate in New Guinea, mainly using the Douglas C-47 Skytrain. It later progressed into New Guinea, to the Philippines and finally Japan.

The Squadron relocated in November 1948 to Germany with the 317^th Group, and then to France in 1957, before returning to the USA in 1964. From there, it took part in the Dominican Republic Civil War in 1965 before being redesignated 40^th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 May 1967.

1946 to 1948

• Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando: 44-77503