5th Troop Carrier Squadron

The 5th Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Tenth Air Force, based at Selfridge Field, Michigan. It was inactivated on 27 June 1949.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 5th Transport Squadronon 1 October 1933

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

• 10th Transport (later Troop Carrier) Group, 14 October 1939 – 14 April 1944

Attached to 314th Troop Carrier Group, 22 February-8 April 1943

• Second Air Force, 15 September 1947
• Tenth Air Force, 1 July 1948
• First Air Force, 15 August 1948
• 433d Troop Carrier Group, 28 October 1948
• Tenth Air Force, 28 March-27 June 1949.

Stations

• Patterson Field, Ohio, 14 October 1939
• General Billy Mitchell Field, Wisconsin, 25 May 1942
• Pope Field, North Carolina, 4 October 1942
• Lawson Field, Georgia, 2 December 1942
• Grenada AAF, Mississippi, 26 January 1944
• Alliance AAF, Nebraska, c. 12 March-14 April 1944
• Selfridge Field, Michigan, 15 September 1947 – 27 June 1949.

Aircraft

• C-33 and C-39 during the period 1939-1942
• C-47, 1941–1944
• C-53, 1943–1944
• L-3 and L-4, 1943.

Operational history

Operational training unit prior to December 1942; replacement training for glider crews, c. December 1942-April 1944; provided training for army airborne units, and ferried gliders, 1943–1944.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.