The 5th Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive

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squadron. Its last assignment was with

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, Michigan, where it was inactivated on 27 June 1949. The squadron served as a training unit during the

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until it was disbanded in a general reorganization of

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training units. It was reactivated briefly after the war in the

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History

The squadron was an operational training unit prior to December 1942. It then served as a replacement training for glider crews. It also provided training for army airborne units, and ferried gliders from 1943 until disbanded in 1944. The squadron was again activated in the

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in 1947, but does not appear to have been fully manned or equipped before inactivating in 1949.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 5th Transport Squadronon 1 October 1933Clay? * Constituted on 1 October 1939 : Activated on 14 October 1939 : Redesignated 5th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942 : Disbanded on 14 April 1944 * Reconstituted on 25 August 1947 : Activated in the reserve on 15 September 1947 : Inactivated on 27 June 1949

Assignments

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(later 10th Troop Carrier Group), 14 October 1939 – 14 April 1944 (attached to 314th Troop Carrier Group, 22 February-8 April 1943) *

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, 15 September 1947 *

, 1 July 1948 *

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, 15 August 1948 * 433d Troop Carrier Group, 28 October 1948 * Tenth Air Force, 28 March-27 June 1949

Stations

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, Ohio, 14 October 1939 *

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, Wisconsin, 25 May 1942 *

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, North Carolina, 4 October 1942 *

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, Georgia, 2 December 1942 * Grenada Army Air Field, Mississippi, 26 January 1944 *

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, Nebraska, c. 12 March-14 April 1944 *

, Michigan, 15 September 1947 – 27 June 1949

Aircraft

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, 1939-1942 * Douglas C-39, 1939-1942 *

Douglas C-47 Skytrain The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, and SAAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in ...

, 1941–1944 * Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, 1943–1944 *

Aeronca L-3 Grasshopper The Aeronca L-3 group of observation and liaison aircraft were used by the United States Army Air Corps in World War II. The L-3 series were adapted from Aeronca's pre-war Tandem Trainer and Chief models. Design and development In 1941, the ...

, 1943 *

Piper L-4 Grasshopper The Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. The aircraft has a simple, lightweight design which gives it good low-speed handling properties and short-field performance. The Cub is P ...

, 1943

References

Notes

Bibliography

* * {{cite book, editor=Maurer, Maurer, title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, orig-year=1969, url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf , edition= reprint, access-date= 17 December 2016, year=1982, publisher=Office of Air Force History, location=Washington, DC, isbn=0-405-12194-6, oclc=72556, lccn=70605402

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Military units and formations established in 1942 Military units and formations disestablished in the 1940s