33d Troop Carrier Squadron

The 33d Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 374th Troop Carrier Group, based at Nielson Field, Luzon, Philippines. It was inactivated on 15 February 1946.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 33d Transport Squadron on 2 February 1942

Activated on 14 February 1942

Redesignated 33d Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942

Inactivated on 15 February 1946.

Assignments

• 315th Transport (later Troop Carrier) Group, 14 February 1942
• 374th Troop Carrier Group, 12 November 1942-15 February 1946.

Stations

• Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania, 14 February 1942
• Bowman Field, Kentucky, 17 June 1942
• Florence AAF, South Carolina, 3 August-30 September 1942

Detachment operated from: Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, 25 October-29 November 1942

Detachment operated from: Cairns Airport, Queensland, Australia, c. 1 November—10 December 1942

• Archerfield Airport (Main Brisbane airfield), Brisbane, Australia, 1 December 1942
• Wards Airfield (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea, 28 December 1942
• RAAF Base Garbutt (Townsville), Australia, 5 October 1943
• Wards Airfield (5 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea, April 1944
• Hollandia Airfield Complex, Netherlands East Indies, 15 October 1944
• Nielson Field, Luzon, Philippines, 18 April 1945-15 February 1946.

Aircraft

• C-47 Skytrain, 1942–1946
• C-46 Commando. 1945–1946.

Operational history

Aerial transportation in South and Southwest Pacific during World War II.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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

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