29th Troop Carrier Squadron

  July 1942 to September 1945

  United States of America

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TYPE: USAAF unit

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Daniel Field, GA (1942), Bowman Field, KY (1942), Florence AAF, SC (1942), Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC (1942-1943), Oujda Airfield, French Morocco (1943), Kairouan Airfield, Tunisia (1943), Sciacca Airdrome, Sicily, Italy (1943), Trapani Milo Airfield, Sicily, Italy (1943-1944), RAF Folkingham, England (1944-1945), Grevillers-Achiet Airfield, France (1945), Camp Myles Standish, MA (1945)

FORMER NAME: 29^th Transport Squadron

SUBSEQUENT NAME: 29^th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy (when reactivated 1946)

The 29^th TCS was formed in July 1942 from the redesignation of the 29^th Transport Squadron constituted a month earlier. It belonged to the 313^th Troop Carrier Group during all of its existence, and its history matched that of the group (which see). Aircraft of the 29^th TCS wore designation 5X on the nose.

1945

• Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando: 44-77470, 44-77508, 44-77542, 44-77551, 44-77565, 44-77579, 44-77582, 44-77591, 44-77592, 44-77604, 44-77661