68TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON
433RD TROOP CARRIER GROUP
The Squadron was constituted as the 68th Troop Carrier Squadron on 22 January 1943 and activated and attached to the 433rd Troop Carrier Group on 9 February 1943.
The 68th Troop Carrier Squadron was posted to the following locations during WWII:-
| 9 Feb 1943 | Florence AA Fld, SC |
| 19 Mar 1943 | Sedalia AA Fld, Mo |
| 9 Jun 1943 | Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC |
| 1-15 Aug 1943 | Baer Field, Ind |
| abt 1 Sep 1943 | Port Moresby, NG |
| abt 15 Nov 1943 | Nadzab, NG (Detachment operated from Tadji, NG 18 May - 4 Jun 1944) |
| 15 Nov 1944 | Biak (Detachment operated from Nadzab, NG 15 Nov 1944 - 5 Jan 1945) |
| abt 15 Feb 1945 | Tanauan, Leyte |
| abt 15 Jun 1945 | Clark Field, Luzon |
Operated C-47s 1943 to 1944, B-17s 1944, and C-46s 1944 to 1945.
The Squadron received additional C-47 training at Sedalia. While at Sedalia, the 433rd Troop Carrier Group numbers swelled to over 1,000 personnel and it gained 19 aircraft and a glider detachment. The pilots did not like to to tow gliders and the engineering officers complained that towing was rough on the air frames. Despite the difficulty of towing, the real training had commenced. The aircrews flew around the clock in preparation for the anticipated rigours of combat flying.
REFERENCES
"Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II" by Maurer Maurer
68th Troop Carrier Squadron - Pacific Wrecks
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