Constituted as 3rd Combat Cargo Group on 1 Jun 1944 and
activated in
India on 5 Jun. Equipped with C-47's. Supported ground
forces during the
battle for northern Burma and the subsequent Allied
drive southward. Flew
Allied troops and materiel to the front,
transporting gasoline, oil, vehicles,
engineering and signal equipment,
and other items that the group either landed
or dropped in Burma. Also
evacuated wounded personnel to India. Moved to
Burma in Jun 1945.
Hauled gasoline and other supplies to bases in western
China.
Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Group in Sep 1945. Moved to China
in
Nov. Inactivated on 15 Apr 1946.
Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Group (Special). Activated
in Germany
on 19 Nov 1948. Assigned to United States Air Forces in
Europe. Using
C-54's, transported food, coal, and other supplies during
the Berlin airlift,
1948-1949. Inactivated in Germany on 16 Oct
1949.
Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Group (Assault, Fixed
Wing). Activated
in the US on 8 Nov 1955. Assigned to Tactical Air
Command and equipped with
C-123 aircraft.
Squadrons. 9th (later 330th): 1944-1946; 1948-1949; 1955-.
10th (later
331st): 1944-1945; 1948-1949; 1955-. 11th (late 332nd):
1944-1946;
1948-1949; 1955-. 12th (later 333rd): 1944-1945;
1948-1949.
Stations. Sylhet, India, 5 Jun 1944; Dinjan, India, 2 Aug
1944;
Myitkyina, Burma, 3 Jun 1945; Shanghai, China, 1 Nov 1945-15 Apr
1946.
Rhein-Main AB, Germany, 19 Nov 1948-16 Oct 1949. Sewart AFB,
Tenn, 8 Nov
1955-.
Commanders. Col Charles D Farr, 5 Jun 1944; Col Hiette S
Williams Jr, 25
Oct 1944; Col G Robert Dodson, 21 Apr 1945; Col Hugh D
Wallace, 17 Jun 1945;
Lt Col George H Van Deusan, unkn-1946. Col John R
Roche, 8 Nov 1955-.
1948-1949. Nov 1955-.
Campaigns. India-Burma; Central Burma.
Decorations. None.
Insigne. Shield: On a shield per fesse dancette azure and
vert an
American bald eagle volant, marked with three stars, red, blue,
and green,
wings spread upward, carrying with his talons an aircraft
wing section loaded
with a gun, supply box, and a combat soldier, all
or; in chief a lightning
bolt of the last. Motto: Subsidia Ferimus - We
Fly Men and Materiel.
(Approved 3 Apr 1957.) Data from Air Force Combat Units of World War II By Maurer, Maurer, Published 1986
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