8TH COMBAT CARGO SQUADRON,
2ND COMBAT CARGO GROUP,
54TH TROOP CARRIER WING
The 8th Combat Cargo Squadron was constituted on 25 April 1944 and activated and assigned to the 2nd Combat Cargo Group on 1 May 1944.
It was posted to the following locations during WWII:-
| 1 May 1944 | Syracuse AAB, NY |
| 6-27 Oct 1944 | Baer Field, Ind. |
| Nov 1944 | Finschafen, NG |
| Jan 1945 | Biak |
| 19 Mar 1945 | Dulag, Leyte |
| Aug 1945 | Okinawa, Japan |
REFERENCES
"Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II" by Maurer Maurer
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