49th Troop Carrier Squadron

  July 1942 to September 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 Airfield, Sicily, Italy (1943), Trapani Milo Airfield, Sicily, Italy (1943-1944), RAF Folkingham (AAF-484), England (1944-1945), Grevillers-Achiet Airfield (B-54), France (1945), Baer Field, IN (1945)

FORMER NAME: 49^th Transport Squadron

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Nil

The 49^th TCS was formed in July 1942 from the redesignation of the 49^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 49^th TCS wore designation H2 on the nose.

February 1945 to September 1945

The 49^th Troop Carrier Squadron transitioned from the C-47 to the Commando in February 1945 at Grevillers-Achiet, France.

• Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando: 44-77472, 44-77509, 44-77516, 44-77523, 44-77524 (Sq. TBC), 44-77525, 44-77528, 44-77530, 44-77548, 44-77556, 44-77562, 44-77569, 44-77574, 44-77590, 44-77596, 44-77650, 44-77654, 44-77672