5th Troop Carrier Squadron


The 5th Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force squadron. Its last assignment was with Tenth Air Force at Selfridge Field, Michigan, where it was inactivated on 27 June 1949.
The squadron served as a training unit during the Second World War until it was disbanded in a general reorganization of Army Air Forces training units. It was reactivated briefly after the war in the United States Air Force Reserve.

History

The squadron was an operational training unit prior to December 1942. It then served as a replacement training for glider crews. It also provided training for army airborne units, and ferried gliders from 1943 until disbanded in 1944.
The squadron was again activated in the reserve in 1947, but does not appear to have been fully manned or equipped before inactivating in 1949.

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