13th Transport Squadron

  24 March 1943 to 1 December 1943

  United States of America

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TYPE: USAAF unit

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Chabua, Assam, India

FORMER NAME: 13^th Ferrying Squadron

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Stations 2 & 6 and 1333^rd AAF Base Unit (Chabua)

The 13^th Ferrying Squadron was first activated on 7 March 1942 at Pope Field, NC. Soon thereafter, the squadron moved to Karachi, Sindh, India and to Chabua, Assam, India. There, the squadron was part of the 1st Ferrying (later 1st Transport) Group, 10^th Air Force, and later the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command. It was redesignated as the 13^th Transport Squadron on 24 March 1943. From 9 August 1943, it seems the squadron was temporarily reassigned to Sookerating, under the 29^th Transport Group, before coming back to Chabua and the 1^st Transport Group later that year.

The 13^th flew air transport missions over the "Hump" into China in support of the 14^th Air Force, using the Commando. It was disbanded on 1 December 1943, but its equipment & personnel kept on operating as Station 2 & 6 (Chabua).

July 1943 to December 1943

Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando: 41-12415