332d Troop Carrier Squadron

The 332d Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 513th Troop Carrier Wing, being inactivated at Sewart AFB, Tennessee on 1 December 1958.

Established as the 11th Combat Cargo Squadron under the Fourteenth Air Force during World War II, the squadron transported supplies and reinforcements to and evacuating casualties in Burma and China, and performed the airlift of Chinese troops to eastern China for disarmament operations. Postwar, it provided transportation for General George C Marshall's Executive Headquarters (State Department agency), which was attempting to resolve the dispute between the Nationalist and Communist forces in China.

During the Cold War, the squadron flew cargo and personnel during the Berlin Airlift, and provided a tactical airlift during the 1950s for Tactical Air Command.

Lineage

 * Constituted the 11th Combat Cargo Squadron on 1 June 1944
 * Activated on 5 June 1944
 * Redesignated the 332d Troop Carrier Squadron on 29 September 1945
 * Inactivated on 10 April 1947


 * Redesignated the 332d Troop Carrier Squadron (Special) on 19 November 1948
 * Activated on 19 November 1948
 * Inactivated on 16 October 1949


 * Redesignated the 332d Troop Carrier Squadron (Assault, Fixed Wing) on 30 June 1955
 * Activated on 8 November 1955
 * Redesignated the 332d Troop Carrier Squadron (Assault) on 1 July 1958
 * Inactivated on 1 December 1958

Assignments

 * 3d Combat Cargo Group, 5 June 1944
 * Attached to the 443d Troop Carrier Group, 16 June–12 August 1944


 * Fourteenth Air Force, c. 1 May 1945
 * 513th Troop Carrier Group, C. 1 November 1945
 * Army Air Forces, China
 * Under operational control of Peiping Headquarters Command, 15 April 1946


 * United States Army Forces, China
 * Under operational control of Peiping Headquarters Command, 20 June 1946–10 April 1947


 * 513th Troop Carrier Group, 19 November 1948–16 October 1949; 8 November 1955
 * 513th Troop Carrier Wing, 1 July–1 December 1958

Stations

 * Sylhet Airfield, India, 5 June 1944
 * Dinjan Airfield, India, 6 June 1944
 * Detachment operated from Sookerating Airfield, India, 16 June–14 July 1944


 * Yunnani Airfield, China, 14 May 1945
 * Luliang Airfield, China, 20 June 1945
 * Shanghai Airport, China, 12 October 1945
 * Peiping Airport, China, 20 April 1946–10 April 1947
 * Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, 19 November 1948–16 October 1949
 * Sewart AFB, Tennessee, 8 November 1955–1 December 1958.

Aircraft

 * C-47 Skytrain, 1944–1947
 * C-46 Commando, 1945–1947
 * C-54 Skymaster, 1948–1949
 * C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1955–1956
 * C-123 Provider, 1956–1958