48th Troop Carrier Squadron

  July 1942 to November 1945

  United States of America

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), Baer Field, IN (1945)

FORMER NAME: 48^th Transport Squadron

SUBSEQUENT NAME: 48^th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy (when reactivated 1946)

The 48^th TCS was formed in July 1942 from the redesignation of the 48^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 48^th TCS wore designation Z7 on the nose.

1945

• Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando: 44-77474, 44-77510, 44-77512, 44-77518, 44-77521, 44-77529, 44-77545, 44-77563, 44-77575, 44-77583, 44-77585, 44-77598, 44-77602, 44-77612, 44-77637, 44-77638, 44-77645, 44-77648