51st Troop Carrier Wing

51st Transport Wing; 51st Troop Carrier Wing
Active	1942–1948
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army United States Army Air Forces
Role	Troop Carrier/Logistics
Engagements	World War II

The 51st Troop Carrier Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe. It was inactivated on 5 January 1948.

It arrived in England in September 1942 during World War II and trained for the Allied invasion of North Africa. Operated with Twelfth AF in North Africa and the Mediterranean area from November 1942 to May 1945. Moved to Germany in September 1945. Assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe. Inactivated in 1948.

History

Lineage

Constituted as 51st Transport Wing on 30 May 1942

Activated on 1 June 1942

Redesignated as 51st Troop Carrier Wing in July 1942

Inactivated on 5 January 1948.

Assignments

I Troop Carrier Command, 1 June 1942
VIII Air Support Command, 19 July 1942
Twelfth Air Force, 15 November 1942
XII Troop Carrier Command (Provisional), 15 December 1943
Twelfth Air Force, 17 February 1944 – 8 January 1945
United States Air Forces in Europe, September 1945-5 January 1948

Stations

Pope Field, North Carolina, 1 June – 19 July 1942
RAF Greenham Common (AAF-486), England, September- 1 November 1942
Maison Blanche Airport, Algiers, Algeria, 23 November 1942
Oran Es Sénia Airport, Oran, Algeria, 28 March 1943
Mascara Airfield, Algeria, 13 May 1943
Goubrine Airfield, Tunisia, 24 June 1943

Gela Airfield, Sicily, 29 August 1943
Catania Airport, Sicily, 29 September 1943
Lido di Roma, Rome, Italy, 29 June 1944
Malignano Airfield, Siena, Italy, 8 January 1945
Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany, September 1945 – 5 January 1948

Components

60th Troop Carrier Group: 1942–1945, 1946–1947
61st Troop Carrier Group: 1942, 1946–1947
62d Troop Carrier Group: 1942–1945
64th Troop Carrier Group: 1942–1945
313th Troop Carrier Group: 1946–1947

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

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