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1st Transport Group

  1 July 1943 to 1 December 1943

  United States of America

TYPE: USAAF unit

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Chabua, Assam, India

FORMER NAME: 1st Ferrying Group

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Nil

Commandos operated, squadron unknown:

Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando: 41-12411, 41-12413, 41-12414, 41-12417, 41-12423, 41-12425

Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando: 41-24666

The 1st Ferrying Group and its three squadrons were activated on 7 March 1942 in the USA. They moved on 17 March to Karachi, Sindh, India, where they reported to the 10th Air Force. The group moved to Dinjan, Assam, India for a short period, then it transferred over to Chabua in the summer of 1942 and started "Hump" operations. In December 1942, the group was transferred to the newly-created Air Transport Command India-China Wing. The first Commandos were received in the spring of 1943, as a complement to C-47s. On 1 July 1943, the unit was renamed 1st Transport Group. It was composed of the following squadrons: