IX Troop Carrier Command
16 October 1943 to 31 March 1946
United States of America
TYPE: USAAF Unit
IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil
HEADQUARTERS: RAF Cottesmore, England (1943), Grantham, England (1943-1944), Ascot, England (1944-1945), Stout AAF, IN (1945-1946), Greenville AAB, SC (1946)
FORMER NAME: Nil
SUBSEQUENT NAME: Nil
Commandos operated, wing, group and squadron unknown:
- Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando: 41-24683
The mission of IX Troop Carrier Command was air transport for the Allied airborne divisions in the European Theater of Operations. Its primary aircraft was the C-47 Skytrain and its variant, the C-53 Skytrooper. However in 1945, IX Troop Carrier Command equipped one group with 117 Commandos to determine their viability in the theatre. As a result of a 28% loss ratio during Operation Varsity resulting from the Commando's high inflammability, IX TCC did not convert to the Commando, even though its cargo-carrying capacity was twice that of the C-47.
The following units were components of IX TCC:
- 349th Troop Carrier Group (April 1945 to July 1945)