62nd Troop Carrier Squadron
Squadron
Extract from Presidential Unit Citation:
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Ted Brewer enlisted in the Army Air Corps a week after Pearl Harbor, aged 19 years. He served with the 62nd Troop Carrier Squadron in French Morocco, Tunisia, Castelvetrano -Sicily (taking part in Operation Husky). The unit was then assigned to RAF Saltby where they trained for D-Day. He was awarded the Air Medal for outstanding performance of duty in the Sicilian campaign and the Oak Leaf Cluster for his service during Operation Market Garden. He died in 1976.
Squadron
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C-47 Skytrain
Forced down in Hungary on 19 November 1951 and interned.
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6 June 1944
IX Troop Carrier Command Field Order No 1 was originally issued on 31 May 1944, before being amended on 4 June 1944. It determined the role that 9th Air Force Troop Carrier Command would play in the assault phase of Operation Neptune- the Normandy...
23 September 1944
Military site : airfield
Initially a grass airfield satellite to RAF Cottesmore, Saltby opened in August 1941 as the home of No. 14 OTU, but closed for development in August 1943. When allocated to the Ninth Air Force in February 1944, it had three concrete runways, 33 loop...
Military site : airfield
Poix-en-Picardie was used by the 314th Troop Carrier Group from February and October 1945. From Poix, the 314th released gliders carrying troops and equipment to the Wesel area on 24 March 1945 when the Allies launched the airborne assault across the...
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Cortland Standard: March 8th 1945 |
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Cortland Standard: March 8th 1945 |
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Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 Box # 0800 Film Reel 1.73 |
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28 November 2019 00:14:07 | aml1933 | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nickname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role and biography |
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