52nd Troop Carrier Wing

52d Transport Wing
52d Troop Carrier Wing
52d Fighter Wing (NY ANG)
52d Transport Wing; 52d Troop Carrier Wing; 52d Fighter Wing (NY ANG)
	European Theater of World War II
Insignia
52d Troop Carrier Wing emblem

The 52d Troop Carrier Wing (52 TCW) is a disbanded unit of the United States Air Force. It was last assigned to the New York Air National Guard (NY ANG) as the 52d Fighter Wing, being stationed at Westchester County Airport, New York. It was inactivated on 31 October 1950 and the unit designation withdrawn and returned to the Air Force by the National Guard Bureau. It was disbanded on 15 June 1983.

History

World War II

The

wing was established and activated as an airlift unit, the 52d Transport Wing on 15 June 1942. It was a major training organization for I Troop Carrier Command

, from 1942 to 1943, training subordinate units in the United States prior to overseas deployment.

The wing deployed to North Africa in 1943 and was assigned to

Operation Husky

. It provided supply transportation during the subsequent Italian Campaign during the balance of 1943

The wing was reassigned to Ninth Air Force and moved to England during February 1944. Its subordinate units began training for the invasion of continental Europe. This training involved airdropping paratroopers and towing gliders. Groups present for the invasion training were the

434th Troop Carrier Group

.

In June 1944, subordinate units of the wing dropped paratroopers in

V-E Day

, then returned to the United States until inactivation in 1946.

New York Air National Guard

The wartime 52d Troop Carrier Wing was allotted to the New York Air National Guard, on 28 August 1946. It was re-designated as the 52d Fighter Wing and organized at Westchester County Airport, New York, being extended federal recognition on 3 October 1947 by the National Guard Bureau.

It was a command and control organization, controlling one

group at Niagara Falls International Airport

. The wing also controlled Air National Guard units in New Jersey and Delaware.

At the end of October 1950, the ANG converted to the wing-base (

Adjutant General

in Albany.

The NY ANG 52d Fighter Wing should not be confused with the

52d Fighter Wing

first activated in June 1948 and currently active.

Lineage

Constituted as 52d Transport Wing on 30 May 1942

Activated on 15 June 1942

Redesignated 52d Troop Carrier Wing in July 1942

Inactivated on 27 August 1946.

Redesignated 52d Fighter Wing. Allotted to ANG (NY) on 28 August 1946

Extended federal recognition on 3 October 1947

Inactivated and allotment to the Air National Guard withdrawn on 31 October 1950

Disbanded on 15 June 1983

Assignments

I Troop Carrier Command, 15 June 1942

Twelfth Air Force, 8 May 1943

XII Troop Carrier Command (Provisional), 15 December 1943

IX Troop Carrier Command, 17 February 1944 – July 1945
I Troop Carrier Command, July 1945 – 27 August 1946
New York Air National Guard, 3 October 1947 – 31 October 1950

Components

World War II

10th Troop Carrier Group
: 4 October 1942 – 13 February 1943
61st Troop Carrier Group
: 6 August – 12 October 1942, 15 February 1943 – 7 May 1945
313th Troop Carrier Group
: 4 February 1944 – 5 August 1945
314th Troop Carrier Group
: 15 June – 30 August 1942; 20 February 1943 – 20 May 1945
315th Troop Carrier Group
: 20 June – 29 November 1942; 18 February 1944 – 15 May 1945

316th Troop Carrier Group
: 1942
349th Troop Carrier Group
: 30 April – 20 May 1945; 31 January – 27 August 1946
433d Troop Carrier Group
: February 1943 – 19 March 1943
434th Troop Carrier Group
: 4 October 1945 – 5 February 1946
439th Troop Carrier Group
: c. December 1945 – 21 March 1946

New York Air National Guard

106th Bombardment Group
, 3 October 1947 – 31 October 1950
107th Fighter Group
, 3 October 1947 – 31 October 1950
119th Fighter Squadron, 9 February 1947 – 26 May 1949

Stations

Daniel Field
, Georgia, 15 June 1942
Bowman Field, Kentucky, 20 July 1942
Pope Field, North Carolina, 3 August 1942 – 24 April 1943
Oujda Airfield
, French Morocco, 8 May 1943
Kairouan Airfield, Tunisia, July 1943
Agrigento Airfield, Sicily, 1 September 1943 – 13 February 1944
RAF Cottesmore (AAF-489), England, 17 February 1944

Amiens Glisy Airfield
(B-48), France, 5 March – 20 June 1945
Baer Field
, Indiana, July 1945
Kellogg Field, Michigan, August 1945
Sedalia AAF
, Missouri, 1 October 1945
Bergstrom Field
, Texas, 4 March – 27 August 1946
Westchester County Airport, New York, 3 October 1947 – 31 October 1950

References

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

Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.
ISBN 0-89201-092-4
.

Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

New York State Adjutant General Reports