00073753 UNCLASSIFIED 2430392 02-01-1942 2431456 12-31-1944

SQUADRON/0027/TROOP CARRIER

HISTORY SQ-TR-CARR-27-HI 0000001045 A0972 416 581 165 25 2445987 10-13-1984 SQUADRON AIR ECHELON DEPARTED DUNNELLON FL 13 DEC 43 FOR OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT. AIR ECHELON ARRIVED KARACHI, INDIA 4 JAN 44. GROUND ECHELON DEPARTED DUNNELLON FL 7 JAN 44 AND JOINED AIR ECHELON AT SYLHET, INDIA 28 MAR 44. SQUADRON TRANSPORTING SUPPLIES IN C-47 AIRCRAFT. SQUADRON FLEW SUPPLIES TO TIDDIM, BURMA 13 JAN 44. SQUADRON DROPPED VARIOUS TYPES OF AMMUNITION TO BRITISH TROOPS FIGHTING JAPANESE IN BURMA. SQUADRON AIRCRAFT DEPARTED STATION 5 MAR 44 TOWING GLIDERS TO LALAGHAT, INDIA. GLIDERS WERE USED TO FERRY AIRBORNE ENGINEERS AND EQUIPMENT TO CONSTRUCT A FORWARD STAGING BASE AT LALAGHAT. SQUADRON BEGAN USING NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AIRSTRIP AT LALAGHAT 6 MAR 44. SQUADRON TRANSPORTING PERSONNEL AND SUPPLIES TO LALAGHAT. COMBAT PERSONNEL TRANSPORTED BY SQUADRON WERE TO HARASS JAPANESE TO KEEP THEM FROM REPULSING THE FORCES OF GEN STILWELL WHICH WERE ADVANCING FROM THE NORTH. IN APR 44 SQUADRON BEGAN TRANSPORTING BRITISH PARATROOPERS TO VARIOUS AREAS OF BURMA. BRITISH TROOPS WERE TO BE USED FOR JUNGLE WARFARE AGAINST JAPANESE. SQUADRON ALSO DROPPED AMMUNITION AND FOOD SUPPLIES TO BRITISH TROOPS IN BURMA. SQUADRON TRANSPORTING SUPPLIES PRIMARILY TO IMPHAL VALLEY IN BURMA. IN MAY 44 SQUADRON BEGAN TRANSPORTING HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO NORTHERN BURMA TO BUILD AIRSTRIPS IN SUPPORT OF TROOPS COMMANDED BY GEN STILWELL. SQUADRON TRANSFERRED TO YUNNANI, CHINA MAY 44. SQUADRON BEGAN DROPPING SUPPLIES TO TROOPS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF CHINA. PRIMARY SUPPLIES WERE FOOD AND AMMUNITION. DURING AUG 44 SQUADRON TRANSPORTED SUPPLIES TO MENGSA, CHINA, SOUTH OF YUNNANI. DURING SEP 44 SQUADRON TRANSPORTED CHINESE TROOPS TO PAOSHAN, CHINA. SQUADRON AREA WAS ATTACKED REPEATEDLY BY JAPANESE BOMBERS DURING OCT 44. SQUADRON C-47 AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TRANSPORT CHINESE TROOPS TO PADSHAN. HISTORY INCLUDES SQUADRON WAR DIARY. INCLUDES SQUADRON GENERAL ORDERS. NONE