Imphal, The Hump and Beyond 
Imphal, The Hump and Beyond
U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Groups of the Second World War
1st Combat Cargo Group, 4th Combat Cargo Squadron
Military Career
S/Sgt. Herbert 'Pat' Patton
| Entered Service Feb. 1943 at
New Cumberland Pa. Assigned to Army Air Corps. Basic training at St. Petersburg
FL. Assigned to Radio School, Stevens Hotel, Chicago. Transferred to Radio School at
Sioux Falls June of 1943. Graduated Nov. 1943. Assigned to Advanced Radio
School, Kearns Utah. Graduated Jan 1944. Assigned to 492 Bomb Group (B-24s)
Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Performed Flight Line Maintenance
(Communications) on B-24s. May 1944 Volunteered for duty with 4th Combat Cargo Squadron, Bowman Field, Louisville. Flight training at Bowman Field, shipped overseas in August of 1944. Arrived Sylhet India Sept 9 1944. Places stationed during tour in CBI---In India--Sylhet, Tulihal, Dohazari, Hathazari. In China---Kunming, Chenkung. Liuchow, Hankow. Returned to United States Dec. 1945 Camp Stoneman Calif. Shipped to Indiantown Gap Pa. Discharged Dec. 16, 1945. Re-enlisted Mar. 19 1946 Ft Atterbury Indiana. Assigned to 1st Air Sea Rescue Squadron , Howard Field, Panama, as Radio Operator Airborne. Flew with Air Sea Rescue until Sept. 20, 1948. Returned to United States Sept 28, 1948. Assigned to 1912th AACS Squadron as Control Center Operator. Discharged April 18, 1949. Herbert 'Pat' Patton 1999 |
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Combat Cargo Group, 1st, Combat Cargo Group, 2nd Combat Cargo Group and the 4th
Combat Cargo Group. In fact I would like to hear from anyone who flew over the Hump
during WW II, or flew any Combat Cargo Missions at any time (Berlin Air-Lift, Korea,
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