464th Troop Carrier Group

464th Troop Carrier Group
Distinguished Unit Citation
464th Troop Carrier Group Distinguished Unit Citation
Insignia
464th Troop Carrier Group emblem (Approved 15 April 1954)

The 464th Troop Carrier Group was a theater airlift unit of the

464th Troop Carrier Wing

until being inactivated when the wing was reorganized.

The

V-E Day, the group moved to the Caribbean, where it was assigned to Air Transport Command

and participated in the return of military personnel to the United States until it was inactivated in July 1945.

History

World War II

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The 464th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 1 August 1943 at

Mediterranean Theater of Operations in February 1944.^[1]

The 464th deployed to southern Italy in February 1944, where it was assigned to

55th Bombardment Wing. The air echelon trained for a few weeks in Tunisia before joining the remainder of the group in Italy and entering combat in April.^[1]

The group engaged in long range strategic bombing missions to enemy military, industrial and transportation targets in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia, bombing railroad marshaling yards, oil refineries, airdrome installations, heavy industry, and other strategic objectives.[1]

Notable missions of the

Distinguished Unit Citation, and the Pardubice oil refinery and nearby railroad tracks on 24 August 1944, for which it also was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation.^[6]

The group sometimes engaged in support and

517th Air Service Group.^[7]

After

Morrison Field, Florida. It provided air transport until the end of July when the unit was inactivated.^[1]

Cold War

The group was redesignated the 464th Troop Carrier Group and activated at

434th Troop Carrier Group, a reserve unit that had been called to active duty for the Korean War. It took over the personnel and Curtiss C-46 Commando and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar

aircraft of the 434th.

The unit provided tactical airlift of troops and cargo, participated in joint airborne training with Army forces, and took part in tactical exercises in the United States and overseas. The wing provided aeromedical airlift and flew humanitarian missions as required. The group was inactivated in 1957, when Tactical Air Command converted its flying wings to the dual deputy organization.,^{[note 2]}

The group was redesignated the 464th Tactical Airlift Group in inactive status on 31 July 1985.^[8]

Lineage

Constituted as the 464th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 May 1943

Activated on 1 August 1943

Redesignated 464th Bombardment Group, Heavy on 29 September 1944

Inactivated on 31 July 1945

Redesignated 464th Troop Carrier Group, Medium on 16 December 1952

Activated on 1 February 1953^[9]

Inactivated on 11 November 1957

Redesignated 464th Tactical Airlift Group on 31 July 1985^[8]

Assignments

II Bomber Command, 1 August 1943
55th Bombardment Wing, 2 October 1943^[10]
Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, 1 June – 31 July 1945^[1]
464th Troop Carrier Wing]], 1 February 1953 – 11 November 1957

Components

776th Bombardment Squadron
(later 776th Troop Carrier Squadron): 1 August 1943 – 31 July 1945, 1 February 1953 – 11 November 1957
777th Bombardment Squadron
(later 777th Troop Carrier Squadron): 1 August 1943 – 31 July 1945, 1 February 1953 – 11 November 1957
778th Bombardment Squadron
(later 778th Troop Carrier Squadron): 1 August 1943 – 31 July 1945, 1 February 1953 – 11 November 1957
779th Bombardment Squadron
(later 779th Troop Carrier Squadron): 1 August 1943 – 31 July 1945, 8 June 1955 – 1 August 1957

Awards and campaigns

Award streamer	Award	Dates	Notes
	Distinguished Unit Citation	8 July 1944	Vienna, Austria, 464th Bombardment Group^[1]
	Distinguished Unit Citation	24 August 1944	Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, 464th Bombardment Group^[1]

Campaign	Dates	Notes
Rome-Arno	10 April 1944 – 9 September 1944	464th Bombardment Group^[1]
Southern France	15 August 1944 – 14 September 1944	464th Bombardment Group^[1]
Northern France	25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944	464th Bombardment Group^[1]
North Apennines	10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945	464th Bombardment Group^[1]
Po Valley	3 April 1945 – 8 May 1945	464th Bombardment Group^[1]

Stations

Wendover Field, Utah, 1 August 1943
Gowen Field, Idaho, 22 August 1943
Pocatello Army Air Field
, Idaho, 2 October 1943 – 9 February 1944
Pantanella Airfield
, Italy, March 1944
Gioia del Colle Airfield
, Italy, 21 April 1944

Pantanella Airfield
, Italy, c. 1 June 1944 – c. May 1945
Waller Field, Trinidad, 1 June – 31 July 1945
Lawson Air Force Base
, Georgia, 1 February 1953
Pope Air Force Base
, North Carolina, 21 September 1954 – 11 November 1957

Aircraft

Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945
Curtiss C-46 Commando 1953–1954
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar 1953–1957
Fairchild C-123 Provider 1955–1957

References

Notes

Explanatory notes

^ The group uses the wing emblem with the group designation on the scroll. Air Force Instruction 84-105, Organizational Lineage, Honors and Heraldry, 19 March 2013, para 3.3.3
^ Under this plan flying squadrons reported to the wing Deputy Commander for Operations

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 339–340
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 749–750
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 750–751
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 751
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 752
^ "Our Missions: The 464th BG Mission List". The 464th Bombardment Group (H). zplace2b.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
^ "History 517 Air Service Group, Jan–May 1945". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 648q, 31 July 1985, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Organizations
^ Lineage through 1956 in Maurer, pp. 339–340
^ Maurer, Combat Units, p. 597

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
LCCN 61060979
.

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
OCLC 72556
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Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
ISBN 0-912799-12-9
.

Further reading

Hill, Michael. The 464th Bomb Group in World War II: In Action over the Third Reich with the B-24 Liberator. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2002.
ISBN 0-7643-1628-1
.

[2] The group uses the wing emblem with the group designation on the scroll. Air Force Instruction 84-105, Organizational Lineage, Honors and Heraldry, 19 March 2013, para 3.3.3

[9] Under this plan flying squadrons reported to the wing Deputy Commander for Operations

[Maurer464BG-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 339–340

[Maurer776BS-3] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 749–750

[Maurer777BS-4] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 750–751

[Maurer778BS-5] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 751

[Maurer779BS-6] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 752

[7] "Our Missions: The 464th BG Mission List". The 464th Bombardment Group (H). zplace2b.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.

[8] "History 517 Air Service Group, Jan–May 1945". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

[DAFMPM648q-10] Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 648q, 31 July 1985, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Organizations

[Maurer464BG2-11] Lineage through 1956 in Maurer, pp. 339–340

[12] Maurer, Combat Units, p. 597

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