Imphal, The Hump and Beyond 
Imphal, The Hump and Beyond
U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Groups of the Second World War
4th Combat Cargo Group, 16th Combat Cargo Squadron
A Short History from the "Air Force Units of World War II"
by USAF Historical Division, Air University, Department of the The Air Force 1959
Edited by Maurer Maurer
| LINEAGE. Constituted 16th Combat Cargo Squadron on 9
June 1944. Activated on 13 June 1944. Inactivated on 29 December 1945. Disbanded on 8
October 1948 ASSIGNMENTS. 4th Combat Cargo Group, 13 June 1944; AAF, India-Burma Theater, 5 September 1945; 4th Combat Cargo Group, c. Oct-29 December 1945· STATIONS. Syracuse AAB, NY, 13 June 1944; Bowman Field, Ky, 16 August - 9 November 1944; Sylhet, India, 7 December 1944; Argartala, India, 26 December 1944; Chittagong, India, 31 January 1945; Namponmao, Burma, 11 June 1945; Ledo, India, 3 September 1945; Namponmao, Burma, Oct 1945; Ondal, India, November-29 Dec 1945· 1945, and subsequently from Burma to China. AIRCRAFT. C-47, 1944, C-46, 1944 - 1945 SERVICE STREAMERS. None. CAMPAIGNS. India-Burma; Central Burma; China Offensive. DECORATIONS. None.EMBLEM. Over and through a light blue disc, border red, piped white, a caricatured brown vulture, proper, resting on small white cloud formation and smoking a cigar, while wearing a radio head set and dropping a large package held by the string in claws of right foot, and tipping a like package off of the edge of the cloud formation with the tip of the left wing. (Approved 23 Aug 1944·) Back to 16th Combat Cargo Squadron Page Back to 4th Combat Cargo Group Page Back to Combat Cargo Group Home PageI am looking for former members of the 3rd 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, etc) Please e-mail comment, suggestions, corrections,etc to: bill@comcar.org Imphal, the Hump and Beyond Copyright © 1999 Bill Bielauskas All rights reserved. Notice to all Viewers: All stories and images within "Imphal, The Hump and Beyond, U.S.A.A.F Combat Cargo Units of the Second World War", are Copyright ©1999, to the Veteran who submitted the text and/or photographs and to Bill Bielauskas, Webmaster at "Imphal, the Hump and Beyond, U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Units of the Second World War". All rights reserved. No part of this page, or those connected via links, either text, or images may be used for any purpose other than personal use. Storage, reproduction, modification on a retrieval system or transmission, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Copyright © holder(s) is prohibited. This includes storage on another Internet Website other than "Imphal, the Hump and Beyond, U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Groups of the Second World War" Bill Bielauskas 10 Cayuga Trail, Wayne, NJ. 07470-4406 |