The Northwest African Troop Carrier Command (NATCC) was a combined British-U.S. air command of the Second World War .
8-984: It was a sub-command of the Northwest African Air Forces which was a sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command (MAC). These new Allied air force organizations were created at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943 to promote cooperation between the British Royal Air Force (RAF), the American United States Army Air Forces , and their respective ground and naval forces in the North African and Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) during
16-712: A total of some 2,300 men), under Colonel Reuben Tucker , suffered a total of 229 casualties on the night of 11 July 1943: 81 dead, 132 wounded, and 16 missing. Northwest African Air Forces Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 220930669 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:53:04 GMT 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion The 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (376th PFAB) (later redesignated
24-704: The 376th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion ) is an inactive airborne field artillery battalion of the United States Army . Active with the 82nd Airborne Division from 1942–1957, the 376th PFAB saw action during World War II in Sicily , Italy , the Netherlands , the Battle of the Bulge , and Germany , often serving in support of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat Team . The 376th PFAB
32-1571: The Second World War . Effective February 18, 1943, the NATCC and other MAC commands existed until December 10, 1943 when MAC was disbanded and the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF) were established. Brigadier General Paul Williams was the commander of NATCC. The components of NATCC at the time of the Allied invasion of Sicily (codenamed "Operation Husky") on July 10, 1943 are illustrated below. Northwest African Troop Carrier Command Brigadier General Paul L. Williams 10th Squadron , C-47 11th Squadron , C-47 12th Squadron , C-47 28th Squadron , C-47 14th Squadron , C-47 15th Squadron , C-47 53rd Squadron , C-47 59th Squadron , C-47 No. 295 Squadron (Det.), Halifax No. 296 Squadron , Albemarle - - 4th Squadron , C-47 7th Squadron , C-47 8th Squadron , C-47 51st Squadron , C-47 29th Squadron , C-47 47th Squadron , C-47 48th Squadron , C-47 49th Squadron , C-47 16th Squadron , C-47 17th Squadron , C-47 18th Squadron , C-47 35th Squadron , C-47 32nd Squadron , C-47 50th Squadron , C-47 61st Squadron , C-47 62nd Squadron , C-47 36th Squadron , C-47 44th Squadron , C-47 45th Squadron , C-47 Note: In mid-1943, to facilitate transport and supply operations for Operation Husky,
40-806: The USAAF 315th Troop Carrier Group (34th & 43rd Squadrons) was sent from England to Tunisia and assigned to the Mediterranean Air Transport Service which along with NATCC, was a sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command. A tragedy occurred over the Farello Airstrip, when American anti-aircraft gunners mistook American troop carrier transports for enemy planes. On the night of July 11, 1943, 23 of 144 aircraft failed to return to Tunisia. Another 37 planes were badly damaged. The aircraft loss ratio
48-553: The battalion departed Fort Bragg, and staged at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts before departing New York Port of Embarkation on the George Washington . The battalion arrived at Casablanca on 10 May 1943, and staged there briefly before moving to Oujda, French Morocco. There the battalion, the 504th Regimental Combat Team and the 82nd Airborne Division trained in miserable conditions until before moving to Kairouan, Tunisia on 1–2 July. En route from North Africa to Sicily with
56-774: Was activated using cadre from the Parachute Test Battery. The initial battalion commander was Major Paul Wright. The battalion was composed of five batteries: Headquarters Battery, three batteries (Batteries A, B, and C) of four 75mm pack howitzers, and Battery D, and antiaircraft/antitank battery with 37mm antitank guns and .50cal machine guns. In October 1942, Major Wright assumed command of the 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion , and Captain Robert Neptune assumed command. In January 1943, Major Wilbur Griffith assumed command, and now-Major Neptune returned to his duties as battalion executive officer. In April 1943,
64-542: Was very high, at 16%. Brigadier General Charles Keerans, Jr. , the Assistant Division Commander (ADC) of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division , was aboard one of the planes that did not return. The 504th Parachute Regimental Combat Team (including the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 504th PIR, along with the 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion , Company 'C' of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion and numerous medical and signal units attached, for
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