62nd Troop Carrier Group

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media-14838.jpeg UPL 14838 62nd Troop Carrier Group (left) 7th Troop Carrier Squadron (right) (leather patches)
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Object Number - UPL 14838 - 62nd Troop Carrier Group (left) 7th Troop Carrier Squadron (right) (leather patches) See my Facebook page for info "WW2 Leather Sqd/Group Patches"

The Group was only in England to carry out further training exercises before joining the Twelfth Air Force in the Mediterranean theater. Over the course of the war, the Group flew in paratroops, military and medical supplies and propaganda leaflets. The Troop Carrier Group also evacuated wounded personnel from Italy.

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Unit stations

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Barkston Heath 4 September 1942 - 8 November 1942

Based

Keevil 7 September 1942 - 25 November 1942

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Assigned 12th Air Force

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Air Force Combat Units of WWII

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Missions Accomplished 62nd TCG - 2006 - edited by James B. Wham

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The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983).

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