513th Airborne Command and Control Wing

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unit_name= 3d Combat Cargo Group


caption= 3d Combat Cargo Group Insignia
dates= 1944 - 1946
country= United States
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branch= United States Army Air Forces
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role= Combat Cargo
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command_structure= Twentieth Air Force
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garrison= Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II
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anniversaries=The 513th Airborne Command and Control Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit last stationed at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom. It was inactivated in 1992.

It's World War II predecessor, the 3d Combat Cargo Group was a United States Army Air Forces combat organization. It served primarily in the China Burma India Theater and Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II. In 1948, the group was redesignated as the 513th Troop Carrier Group.

History

Operational Units

* 9th Combat Cargo Squadron 1944-1946
* 10th Combat Cargo Squadron 1944-1945
* 11th Combat Cargo Squadron 1944-1946
* 12th Combat Cargo Squadron 1944-1945

Aircraft Flown

* Douglas C-47/C-53 Skytrain

Stations Assigned

* Sylhet, India 5 Jun 1944
* Dinjan, India 2 Aug 1944
* Myitkyina, Burma 3 Jun 1945
* Shanghai, China 1 Nov 1945-15 Apr 1946

Operational History

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.

ee also

* Tenth Air Force

References

* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.

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