95th Squadron Insignia

440th Troop Carrier Group (440th TCG) Active Service: 1943 to 1945 Constituted as ~0th Troop Carrier Group on 25 May 1943. Activated on I JUl 1943. Prepared for duty overseas with C-47’s. Moved to England, Feb-Mar 1944, and assigned to Ninth AF. Began operations by dropping paratroops of Iorst Airborne Division near Carentan on the Cotentin Peninsula on 6 Jun 1944 and by transporting gasoline, ammunition, food, and other supplies to the same area on 7 Tun, being awarded a DUC for completing these missions during the invasion of Normandy. Began flying supply and evacuation missions between England and France after the invasion of the Continent. In Jul 1944 part of the group was sent to Italy where it transported supplies to Rome until Aug. The detachment also participated in the invasion of Southern France, dropping paratroops of 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment near Le Muy on 15 Aug 1944 and towing gliders carrying reinforcements to that area later in the day. Meanwhile, the group in England continued to haul cargo, and on 10 Aug 1944 it dropped supplies to an infantry battalion encircled at Mortain in northern France. The detachment returned to England on 25 Aug and the group moved to France in Sep. During the attack on Holland the 440th dropped paratroops of 82nd Airborne Division near Groesbeek on 17 Sep 1944 and released gliders with reinforcements on 18 and 23 Sep. On 26 Dec 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, it hauled gliders filled with supplies for 101st Airborne Division encircled at Bastogne. In Mar 1945 it towed gliders with troops of 17th Airborne Division to the battle area near Wesel during the airborne assault across the Rhine. When not engaged in airborne operations the group transported food, clothing, medical supplies, gasoline, ammunition, and other cargo to the front lines and evacuated casualties to rear-zone hospitals. After the war the group transported liberated prisoners and displaced persons. Inactivated in Europe on 18 Oct 1945.

95th Troop Carrier Squadron (95th TCS) Sqd. code: 9X 1943 to 1945
96th Troop Carrier Squadron (96th TCS) Sqd. code: 6Z 1943 to 1945
97th Troop Carrier Squadron (97th TCS) Sqd. code: W6 1943 to 1945
98th Troop Carrier Squadron (98th TCS) Sqd. code: 8Y 1943 to 1945
Headquarters (HQ 440th) 1943 to 1945