70TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON
433RD TROOP CARRIER GROUP
The Squadron was constituted as the 70th Troop Carrier Squadron on 22 January 1943 and activated and attached to the 433rd Troop Carrier Group on 9 February 1943.
The 70th 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 |
| 1-13 Aug 1943 | Baer Field, Ind |
| 7 Sep 1943 | Townsville, QLD |
| 21 Sep 1943 | Port Moresby, NG |
| 10 Oct 1943 | Nadzab, NG |
| 3 Jul 1944 | Hollandia, NG |
| Oct 1944 | Biak |
| 28 Feb 1945 | Dulag, Leyte |
| 12 Apr 1945 | Tanauan, Leyte |
| 28 Jun 1945 | Clark Field, Luzon |
Operated C-47s 1943 to 1945, and C-46s 1944-1945.
Douglas C-47A-35-DL (Dakota) #42-23919
crash landed at Cooktown on 17 September 1943
REFERENCES
"Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II" by Maurer Maurer
70th Troop Carrier Squadron - Pacific Wrecks
"Backload: February 1943 - June 1944, 433rd Troop Carrier Group, New Guinea" - Bangor Public Library
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