Caribbean Wing / Division

  1 July 1942 to 1 July 1944

  United States of America

TYPE: USAAF unit

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Morrison Field, FL

FORMER NAME: 27^th Ferrying Wing

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Caribbean Division

Air Transport Command's Caribbean Wing transported aircraft, cargo and personnel over two main Caribbean routes:

• Florida to Trinidad, where materiel was handed over to the South Atlantic Wing for the crossing to Africa;
• Texas to Peru via the Panama Canal Zone and Ecuador.

Secondary routes of the wing included Cuba, Puerto Rico, Nassau, Galapagos and several lend-lease bases operated by the 6^th Air Force in the Caribbean.

On 1 July 1944, along with all other ATC wings, the Caribbean Wing was upgraded to Caribbean Division.

During the course of the war, ATC's Caribbean Wing ferried over 16,000 aircraft and carried over 100,000 personnel over the Florida to Trinidad route alone.

1943 to 1945

• Curtiss C-46-CU Commando: 41-5163, 41-5165, 41-5166, 41-5167,41-5179, 41-5180
• Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando: 41-5192, 41-5193, 41-5194, 41-5196, 41-5198, 41-5202, 41-12280, 41-12281, 41-12282
• Curtiss C-46A-1-CK Commando: 43-46956, 43-46957
• Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando: 41-12285, 41-12286, 41-12301, 41-12314
• Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando: 41-12335, 41-12340
• Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando: 42-107330
• Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando: 42-107311