WWII Troop Carrier Units

436th Troop Carrier Group (436th TCG) Active Service: 1943 to 1945 Constituted as 436th Troop Carrier Group on 23 Mar 1943. Activated on I Apr 1943. Trained with C-47’s for duty in Europe with Ninth AF. Moved overseas, Dec 1g43-Jan 1944. Began operations in Jun 1944 and participated in four major airborne operations prior to the Allied victory in May 1945. Received a DUC for its first missions, which were flown during the Normandy invasion: dropped paratroops of 82d Airborne Division over the beachhead early on 6 Jun; released gliders with reinforcements of troops and supplies on the afternoon of D-Day and on the following morning. In Jul 194 a detachment was sent to Italy to take part in the invasion of Southern France: released gliders carrying troops and dropped paratroops in the assault area on 15 Aug; flew several resupply missions to France and then dropped supplies to Allied forces in Italy. The detachment returned to England late in Aug, and in Sep the group carried out airborne operations over Holland, dropping paratroops of 101st Airborne Division and releasing gliders with reinforcements of troops and equipment. Double towed gliders to Wesel on 24 Mar 1945 to provide troops for the airborne assault across the Rhine; carried gasoline to the front lines and evacuated patients, 30-31 Mar. Flew transport missions almost daily when not engaged in airborne operations; hauled such things as gasoline, ammunition, medical supplies, rations, and clothing; evacuated the wounded to hospitals in England and France. After V-E Day, evacuated patients and prisoners of war and flew practice missions with French paratroops. Returned to the US in Aug. Inactivated on 15 Nov 1945.

79th Troop Carrier Squadron (79th TCS) Sqd. code: S6 1943 to 1945
80th Troop Carrier Squadron (80th TCS) Sqd. code: 7D 1943 to 1945
81st Troop Carrier Squadron (81st TCS) Sqd. code: U5 1943 to 1945
82nd Troop Carrier Squadron (82nd TCS) Sqd. code: 3D 1943 to 1945
Headquarters (HQ 436th) 1943 to 1945