302nd Troop Carrier Squadron
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Updated: 5 Mar 2020
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Created byGary Smith
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Sq Activated w/ 441st TCGp, Sedalia AAFldSq ConstitutedSq moves to Camp Mackall, NCSq moves to Baer Field, INJoins CadetsEarns wings, commissioned 2nd Lt.Dad joins Sq at DreuxV-E DayCrash on takeoffSq Assigned to 314th TCGpSq moves to Poix, FranceSq Assigned to 27th ATGpSq moves to Villacoublay, FranceLeaves France, Paris to NYCSq moves to Langar, EnglandSq moves to Merryfield, EnglandSq moves to Villeneuve/Vertus, FranceSq moves to St Marceau, France1st Resupply of Bastogne (Battle of the Bulge)D-Day, dropped paratroops and gliderHolland, Op Market, dropped paratroops over NijmegenSq moves to Dreux, FranceOperation Varsity, crossing the RhineInducted - Milwaukee, WIAssigned, Las Vegas Army Air Corps Gunnery School (clerical staff)Buzzed NeenahBoards troop ship bound for EuropeBegins "terminal leave"V-J DayRelieved from active dutyPeriods
302nd Troop Carrier Squadron history (this continued beyond Dad's time in service)Dad's Service in European TheaterSq Operates from Grosseto, ItalyPeriod of active serviceBasic @ Camp Grant, ILClerical SchoolA.A.F. Clerical School, Ft. Logan, Colorado[ Pre Flight trng: San Antonio, TX ][ Primary trng: Tulsa Municipal Airport, Tulsa, OK ][ Basic trng: Coffeyville Army Air Field, KS ][ Advanced trng: Pampa Army Airfield, Pampa, TX ][ Operational Trng: Alliance Army Air Field, Alliance, NE ][ Operational Trng: George Army Air Field, Lawrenceville, Illinois ]Dad's Enlisted PeriodAtomic Bombings
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