66th Troop Carrier Squadron

66th Troop Carrier Squadron
Emblem of the 66th Troop Carrier Squadron
Active	1942–1951
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force

The 66th Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force. Its last assignment was with the 403d Troop Carrier Group, stationed at Portland Municipal Airport, Oregon.

It was inactivated on 17 April 1951.

During World War II, the squadron operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater, conveying personnel, dropping parachutists, towing gliders, transporting cargo, munitions and evacuating casualties in numerous campaigns. The squadron earned both the United States Distinguished Unit Citation and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for its combat operations.

As part of the Air Force Reserve during the postwar years, the squadron performed peacetime transport missions. Ordered to active service during the Korean War, the units' equipment and personnel were reassigned to Far East Air Force active duty units.

It was then inactivated as a paper unit.

History

Lineage

Constituted as the 66th Troop Carrier Squadron on 7 December 1942

Activated on 12 December 1942

Inactivated on 15 January 1946

Activated in the reserve on 3 August 1947

Redesignated the 66th Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium) on 27 June 1949.

Ordered to active service on 1 April 1951.

Inactivated on 17 April 1951.

Assignments

403d Troop Carrier Group, 12 December 1942
Fifth Air Force, 21 July 1943
54th Troop Carrier Wing, 13 August 1943

433d Troop Carrier Group, 9 November 1943; 20 February 1945 – 15 January 1946
419th Troop Carrier Group, 3 August 1947
403d Troop Carrier Group, 27 June 1949 – 17 April 1951

Stations

Bowman Field, Kentucky, 12 December 1942
Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska, 18 December 1942
Pope Field, North Carolina, 3 May 1943
Baer Field, Indiana, 18 June-6 July 1943
Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 21 July 1943
Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 25 September 1943

Operated from Tadji Airfield, New Guinea, 12 May- June 1944

Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands East Indies, 18 November 1944

Operated from Hill Field, Mindoro, and Dulag Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 18 January-27 February 1945

Wama Airfield, Morotai, Netherlands East Indies, 27 February 1945
Dulag Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 15 August 1945 – 15 January 1946
Roanoke Municipal Airport, Virginia, 3 August 1947
Portland Municipal Airport, Oregon, 27 June 1949 – 17 April 1951

Aircraft

C-47 Skytrain, 1943–1945
C-46 Commando, 1944–1945

References

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

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

USAAF Fifth Air Force in World War II

Previously: Philippine Department Air Force (1941); Far East Air Force (1941-1942)

Airfields

Pacific	USAAF in Australia USAAF in the Southwest Pacific USAAF in Okinawa

Units

Commands

Wings

Groups

Air Commando	3d Air Commando

Bombardment	3d Bombardment 7th Bombardment 19th Bombardment 22d Bombardment 27th Bombardment 38th Bombardment 43d Bombardment 90th Bombardment 312th Bombardment 345th Bombardment 380th Bombardment 417th Bombardment

Combat Cargo	2d Combat Cargo

Fighter	8th Fighter 24th Pursuit 35th Fighter 49th Fighter 58th Fighter 348th Fighter 475th Fighter

Reconnaissance	6th Reconnaissance 71st Reconnaissance

Troop Carrier	317th Troop Carrier 374th Troop Carrier 375th Troop Carrier 433d Troop Carrier

Squadrons

Bombardment	31st Bombardment

Night Fighter	418th Night Fighter 421st Night Fighter 547th Intelligence

Reconnaissance	2d Observation 8th Photographic Reconnaissance 36th Photographic Reconnaissance

Troop Carrier	21st Troop Carrier 22d Troop Carrier 65th Troop Carrier 66th Troop Carrier

United States Army Air Forces

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