US 9th Air Force
IXth Troop Carrier Command
Order of Battle
 Commanding
Officer		 Group
Markings		 Arrived
Station #
Place		 Moved Remarks
Type Code
US 9th Air Force Lt. Gen.
Lewis Brereton		 6 Oct 1943
Bushey Hall, Watford
Hertfordshire		    
The 9th US Air Force was set up in England specifically to provide tactical air support for the D-Day (Operation Overlord, 6 Jun 1944) invasion of Europe and beyond.
  9th Troop Carrier Command Brig. Gen.
Benjamin Giles		   16 Oct 1943
489 Cottesmore
Rutland		 1 Dec 1943
480 Grantham
Lincolnshire		 20 Sep 1944
472 Ascot
Berkshire
Troop Carrier Commands main role was to move army personnel and equipment from England to France on D-Day.
  50th Troop Carrier Wing Brig. Gen.
Julian Chappell		   17 Oct 1943
489 Cottesmore
Rutland		 18 Nov 1943
481 Bottesford
Nottinghamshire		 Moved to France
1 Oct 1944
  439th Troop Carrier Group Col.
Charles Young		   21 Feb 1944
482 Balderton
Nottinghamshire		 26 Apr 1944
462 Upottery
Devon		 Moved to France
8 Sep 1944
  91st Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 L4      
  92nd Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 J8      
  93rd Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 3B      
  94th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 D8      
  440th Troop Carrier Group Col.
Frank Krebs		   11 Mar 1944
481 Bottesford
Nottinghamshire		 18 Apr 1944
463 Exeter
Devon		 Moved to France
11 Sep 1944
  95th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 9X      
  96th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 6Z      
  97th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 W6      
  98th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 8Y      
  441st Troop Carrier Group Col.
Theodore Kershaw		   17 Mar 1944
490 Langar
Nottinghamshire		 25 Apr 1944
464 Merryfield
Somerset		 Moved to France
8 Sep 1944
  99th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 3J      
  100th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 8C      
  301st Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 Z4      
  302nd Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 2L      
  442nd Troop Carrier Group Col.
Charles Smith		   29 Mar 1944
488 Fulbeck
Lincolnshire		 12 Jun 1944
447 Weston Zoyland
Somerset		 Moved to France
5 Oct 1944
  303rd Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 J7      
  304th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 V4      
  305th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 4J      
  306th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 7H      
  52nd Troop Carrier Wing Brig. Gen.
Harold Clark		   17 Feb 1944
489 Cottesmore
Rutland		   Moved to France
5 Mar 1945
  61st Troop Carrier Group Col.
Willis Mitchell		   18 Feb 1944
483 Barkston Heath
Lincolnshire		   Moved to France
13 Mar 1945
  14th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 3I      
  15th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 Y9      
  53rd Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 3A      
  59th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 X5      
  313rd Troop Carrier Group Col.
James Roberts		   4 Feb 1944
48 Folkingham
Lincolnshire		   Moved to France
22 Mar 1945
  29th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 5X      
  47th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 N3      
  48th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 Z7      
  49th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 H2      
  314th Troop Carrier Group Col.
Clayton Stiles		   20 Feb 1944
538 Saltby
Leicestershire		   Moved to France
28 Feb 1945
  32nd Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 S2      
  50th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 2R      
  61st Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 Q9      
  62nd Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 E5      
  315th Troop Carrier Group Col.
Hamish McLelland		   6 Nov 1943
474 Welford
West Berkshire		 7 Feb 1944
493 Spanhoe
Northamptonshire		 Moved to France
6 Apr 1945
  34th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 NM      
  43rd Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 UA      
  309th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 M6      
  310th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 4A      
  316th Troop Carrier Group Lt. Col.
Burton Fleet		   15 Feb 1944
489 Cottesmore
Rutland		    
  36th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 6E      
  37th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 W7      
  44th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 4C      
  45th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 T3      
  53rd Troop Carrier Wing Brig. Gen.
Maurice Beach		   11 Mar 1944
486 Greenham Common
Berkshire		   Moved to France
20 Feb 1945
  434th Troop Carrier Group Lt. Col.
Fred Stevers		   7 Oct 1943
488 Fulbeck
Lincolnshire		 10 Dec 1943
474 Welford
West Berkshire		 Moved to France
1 Feb 1945
  71st Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 CJ      
  72nd Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 CU      
  73rd Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 CN      
  74th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 ID      
  435th Troop Carrier Group Col.
Frank MacNess		   3 Noc 1943
490 Langer
Nottinghamshire		 25 Jan 1944
474 Welford
West Berkshire		 Moved to France
13 Feb 1945
  75th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 SH      
  76th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 CW      
  77th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 IB      
  78th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 CM      
  436th Troop Carrier Group Col.
Adriel Williams		   6 Jan 1944
481 Bottesford
Nottinghamshire		 3 Mar 1944
466 Membury
West Berkshire		 Moved to France
26 Feb 1945
  79th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 S6      
  80th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 7D      
  81st Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 U5      
  82nd Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 3D      
  437th Troop Carrier Group Col.
Cedric Hudgens		   20 Jan 1944
482 Balderton
Nottinghamshire		 5 Feb 1944
469 Ramsbury
West Berkshire		 Moved to France
25 Feb 1945
  83rd Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 T2      
  84th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 Z8      
  85th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 9O      
  86th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 5K      
  438th Troop Carrier Group Col.
John Donalson		   1 Feb 1944
474 Welford
West Berkshire		 16 Mar 1944
486 Greenham Common
Berkshire		 Moved to France
1 Feb 1945
  87th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 3X      
  88th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 M2      
  89th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 4U      
  90th Troop Carrier Squadron   C-47 Q7      

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