403. skupina pro přepravu jednotek [1942-1946]

403rd Troop Carrier Group
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Formed as 403rd Troop Carrier Group 7.12.1942
Activated 12.12.1942
Deactivated at Manila 15.10.1946
Re-formed as 403rd Troop Carrier Group (Medium)
Transferred to reserve
Activated in USA 27.6.1949
Called to active duty 1.4.1951
Removed from active duty and deactivated in Japan 1.1.1953
Transferred to reserve
Activated in the USA 1.1.1953


SQUADRONS
6th - 1946
9th - 1946
19th - 1946
63rd - 1942 - 1946; 1949 - 1953
64th - 1942 - 1946; 1949 - 1953
65th - 1942 - 1946; 1949 - 1953
66th - 1942 - 1946; 1949 - 1951


STATIONS
Louisville, Bowman Field , 12.12.1942
Alliance, Neb, 18.12.1942
Fayetteville, Pope Field , 3.5.1943
Fort Wayne, Baer Field , 20.6. - 15.7.1943
Luganville, Pekoa Airfield / , 15.9.1943
Los Negros, 30.8.1944
Biak, 4.10.1944
Leyte, 25.6.1945
City of Angeles, Army Air Base Clark Field / , January 1946
Manila, June - 15.10.1946
Portland, Portland Air Force Base , June 27, 1949 - March 29, 1952
Ashiya, Ashiya Air Base , 14.4.1952 - 1.1.1953
Portland, Portland Air Force Base , 1.1.1953


COMMANDERS
Col Harry J Sands Jr, 12.12.1942
Lt Col Norton H Van Sicklen, 24.8.1945 - date unknown
Col Audrin R Walker, June - 15.10.1946
Lt Col Robert B Asbury, 1.4.1951
Lt Col Henry C Althaus, 25.7.1951
Maj Wallace C Forsythe, 22.4.1952
Lt Col Ernest W Burton, August 1952 - 1.1.1953


CAMPAIGNS
World War II - New Guinea
- Northern Solomons
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Western Pacific
- Leyte
- Luzon
- Southern Philippines
Korean War - Korea Summer-Fall, 1952
- Third Korean Winter


DECORATIONS
Distinguished Unit Citation - Philippine Islands, 17.4. - 30.6.1945
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation - 1952


Used aircraft
C-47
C-46
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