54TH TROOP CARRIER WING
5TH AIR FORCE, USAAF
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
- Headquarters Squadron - 2nd Combat Cargo Group
- 317th Troop Carrier Group - 374th
Troop Carrier Group
- 375th Troop Carrier Group
- 433rd Troop Carrier Group - 333rd Signal Corps - 415th Signal Corps - 21st Service Group - 801st Medical Air Evacuation Squadron - 804th Medical Air Evacuation Squadron - 820th Medical Air Evacuation Squadron |
The 54th Troop Carrier Wing of the 5th Air Force was formed in Australia from the 374th Troop Carrier Group on 13 May 1943 under the command of Colonel Paul H. Prentiss.
The role of the Troop Carrier groups was to:-
The 6th Combat Cargo Squadron (6thCCS) of the 2nd Combat Cargo Group was formed in April 1944.
REFERENCES
Allied
Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII Volume One - Development of Air Transport 1903-1943 by Robert H. Kelly |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank Darlene McMurry for her assistance with this web page. Darlene is the widow of Glenn McMurry who passed away in January 2003. Darlene has kept the 54th Troop Carrier Wing Newsletter going since Glenn fell sick. Glenn McMurry's autobiography can be found on the website http://www.gregssandbox.com/mcmurry/
54th
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by Glenn Deal McMurry, edited by Darlene
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