316th Troop Carrier Group
Group
Constituted as 316th Transport Group on 2 Feb 1942 and activated on 14 Feb. Redesignated 316th Troop Carrier Group in Jul 1942. Trained with C-47 and C-53 aircraft.
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Cottesmore
Military site : airfield
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Father Christmas disembarks from a C-47 Skytrain of the 316th Troop Carrier Group to greet a crowd of children. The 316th Troop Carrier Group organised a Christmas party on Christmas Day 1944 at their base at Cottesmore for children from the nearby town of Oakham. Image via Dave Benfield. Written on slide casing: '316 TCG, 25/12/44.'
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Cook took this while in flight. Do not know if this was training or actual mission.
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Preparing for one of three missions into Holland.
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Cook is on the left. Weren't they handsome and brave young men?
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Cookie is sitting above the rest of the crew.
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Co-Pilot Cook right in his element.
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Flight crews of the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group at Cottesmore, September 1944.
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Zene L. Riley Circa 1944.
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Flight Officer Eugene (Gene) M. Hock of the 316th Troop Carrier Group, stands next to a CG-4A glider, serial number 43-36782.
Built for the RAF between 1935-38, and in use by the RAF from 1938-1943, the airfield was enlarged with concrete runways in 1943. Used by both the Eighth Air Force (it was 8 ASC HQ) and Ninth Air Force 1943, it was Troop Carrier Command HQ (later 9th Troop Carrier Command), and home to the 50th Troop Carrier Wing HQ 1943. The 316th Troop Carrier Group were based here in 1944-45, as well as the HQ of the 52nd TCW. Handed back to the RAF, it was in use as an active RAF station until 2012, when it was taken over by the British Army, and known as Kendrew Barracks.
Service
Units
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21st Weather Squadron
Squadron
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323rd Station Complement Squadron
Squadron
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36th Troop Carrier Squadron
Squadron
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37th Troop Carrier Squadron
Squadron
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40th Mobile Communications Squadron
Squadron
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44th Troop Carrier Squadron
Squadron
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45th Troop Carrier Squadron
Squadron
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65th Station Complement Squadron
Squadron
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People
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Donald Ashling
Military | Technical Sergeant | Crew Chief | 316th Troop Carrier Group
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Frank Bleier
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 316th Troop Carrier Group
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James Bramlette
Military | Captain | 316th Troop Carrier Group
Killed in Action in C-47 on 24 March 1945, during Operation Varsity. -
Virgil Buie
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 316th Troop Carrier Group
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Anthony Camarda
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 316th Troop Carrier Group
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Cletis Carmean
Military | Technical Sergeant | Crew Chief | 316th Troop Carrier Group
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Albert Chandler
Military | Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 316th Troop Carrier Group
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Lynn Cochran
Military | Lieutenant | 316th Troop Carrier Group
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Arnold Cook
Military | Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 316th Troop Carrier Group
Arnold Cook participated in Operation Neptune and dropped the 2-505 PIR, 82nd Airborne at H-Hour minus 6. Two days later, he flew a re-supply mission at 800 feet and his plane was hit 168 times in the left wing and tail section. Six days later, his... -
Howard Copeland
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 316th Troop Carrier Group
Aircraft
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42-108877
C-47 Skytrain
Took part in Operation Eagle on 12 May 1944. After successfully completing the practice jump, the aircraft collided with C-47 42-92679 on the return journey. Crews reported a large explosion and a bright flash. All members of the crew were killed in... -
42-23931
C-47 Skytrain
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43-15179
C-47 Skytrain
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43-15184
C-47 Skytrain
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43-15185
C-47 Skytrain
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43-15498
C-47 Skytrain
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43-15638
C-47 Skytrain
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43-15641
C-47 Skytrain
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43-15659
C-47 Skytrain
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43-36782
CG-4A Haig
CG-4A glider of the 316th Troop Carrier Group, serial number 43-36782.
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:02:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Ninth Then and Now (London, 1994) Bruce Barrymore Halpenny, Action Stations 2: Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands (Cambridge, 1984) |
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