66TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON
403RD TROOP CARRIER GROUP and
433RD TROOP CARRIER GROUP
The Squadron was constituted as the 66th Troop Carrier Squadron on 7 Dec 1942 and activated and attached to the 403rd Troop Carrier Group on 12 December 1942. The 66th Troop Carrier Squadron was assigned to the Fifth Air Force on 21 July 1943. It was then assigned to the 54th Troop Carrier Wing on 13 August 1943. It was assigned to the 433rd Troop Carrier Group on 9 November 1943. It was assigned to the 403rd Troop Carrier Group on 20 February 1945.
The 66th Troop Carrier Squadron was posted to the following locations during WWII:-
| 12 Dec 1942 | Bowman Field, Ky |
| 18 Dec 1942 | Alliance, Neb |
| 3 May 1943 | Pope Field, NC |
| 18 Jun -6 Jul 1943 | Baer Field, Ind |
| 21 Jul 1943 | Port Moresby, NG |
| 25 Sep 1943 | Nadzab, NG (operated from Tadji, NG 12 May – 2 Jun 1944) |
| 18 Nov 1944 | Biak (operated from Hill Field, Mindoro and Dulag Leyte 18 Jan – 27 Feb 1945) |
| 27 Feb 1945 | Morotai |
| 15 Aug 1945 | Dulag, Leyte |
Operated C-47s 1943 to 1945 and C-46s 1944 to 1945 and L-5 1945.
REFERENCES
"Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II" by Maurer Maurer
66th Troop Carrier Squadron - Pacific Wrecks
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