78th Transport Squadron

  1 July 1943 to 1 December 1943

  United States of America

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TYPE: USAAF unit

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Jorhat, Assam, India

FORMER NAME: 78^th Ferrying Squadron

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Station 6 & 1333^rd AAF Base Unit (Chabua)

The 78^th Ferrying Squadron was activated on 22 February 1943 at Chabua, Assam, India, and assigned to the 22^nd Ferrying Group. In April 1943, it moved with its group to Jorhat, and was renamed 78^th Transport Group on 1 July 1943. The squadron may have been based temporarily in Sookerating, Assam, India between late 1943 and early 1944, before moving back to Chabua until the end of the war. It flew the route over the "Hump" between Assam and Yunnan to provide much needed supplies to China.

1943

Curtiss C-46-CU Commando: 41-5168

Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando: 41-12298, 41-12310