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词条 51st Troop Carrier Squadron
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  1. History

      Operations and Decorations   Lineage  Assignments  Stations  Aircraft 

  2. References

  3. External links

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The 51st Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Naples Air Force General Depot, based at Naples, Italy. It was inactivated on 9 March 1946.

History

Activated in June 1942 as a I Troop Carrier Command C-47 Skytrain troop carrier squadron, trained in the United States until being deployed to England. Assigned to VIII Air Support Command, Eighth Air Force in October 1942.

Trained briefly in England until the Operation Torch landings in North Africa during November 1942. Was reassigned to Twelfth Air Force and transferred to Tafaraoui Airfield, Algeria on 15 November 1942. The squadron's aircraft flew supplies to front-line units in Algeria and Tunisia during the North African Campaign as soon as suitable landing strips were available and evacuated casualties back to rear area field hospitals.

Squadron engaged in combat operations, dropping airborne units into Sicily during the Operation Husky invasion and later into areas around Anzio, Italy as part of Operation Shingle, the invasion of mainland Italy and the initiation of the Italian Campaign, January 1944. Moved north though Italy, 1944-1945 in support of Allied ground forces, evacuated wounded personnel and flew missions behind enemy lines in Italy and the Balkans to haul guns, ammunition, food, clothing, medical supplies, and other materials to the partisans and to drop propaganda leaflets.

Participated in the airborne assault of Southern France, August 1944, dropping airborne forces into the Rhone Valley. With the end of combat in May, 1945, aided in the redeployment of personnel after the war and also hauled freight and mail. Personnel demobilized in Italy on 14 November 1945 and placed in non-operational status, inactivated as an administrative unit in March 1946.

Operations and Decorations

  • Combat Operations: Included airborne assaults on Sicily and Southern France, support of partisans in Northern Italy and the Balkans, and transportation of personnel and supplies in MTO.
  • Campaigns: Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Amo; Southern France; North Apennines; Po Valley; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 51st Transport Squadron on 30 May 1942

Activated on 1 June 1942

Re-designated 51st Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942

Inactivated on 9 March 1946

Assignments

  • 62d Transport (later Troop Carrier) Group, 1 June 1942
  • Naples Air Force General Depot, 14 November 1945 – 9 March 1946 (nonoperational after 14 Nov 1945)

Stations

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  • Kellogg Field, Michigan, 1 Jun 1942
  • Florence Army Airfield, South Carolina, 1 Jul-14 Aug 1942;
  • RAF Keevil (AAF-471), England, 10 Oct 1942
  • Tafaraoui Airfield, Algeria, 15 November 1942
  • Nouvion Airfield, Algeria, 24 December 1942
  • Matemore Airfield, Algeria, 16 May 1943
  • Goubrine Airfield, Tunisia, 2 July 1943
  • Ponte Olivo Airfield, Sicily, 6 September 1943
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  • Brindisi Airfield, Italy, February 1944
  • Galera Airfield, Italy, 30 June 1944
  • Malignano Airfield, Italy, 30 September 1944
  • Tarquinia Airfield, Italy, 8 January 1945
  • Rosignano Airfield, Italy, 25 May 1945
  • Capodichino Airport, Naples, Italy, 6 Oct 1945
  • Naples, Italy, 6 February-9 March 1946
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Aircraft

  • C-47 Skytrain, 1942-1946

References

{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States|World War II}}{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
  • {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|origyear=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402|pages= }}

External links

{{USAAF 9th Air Force UK}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

2 : Military units and formations established in 1942|Troop carrier squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces

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