51st Troop Carrier Squadron

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51st Troop Carrier Squadron
C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4 gliders
Active	1942-1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Airlift
Engagements	Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Insignia
51st Troop Carrier Squadron emblem (approved 20 April 1944)[1]

The 51st Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Naples Air Force General Depot at Ciampino Airport, Italy, where it was inactivated on 9 March 1946. The squadron was activated in the spring of 1942 as the 51st Transport Squadron, when the 62d Transport Group expanded from three to four squadrons. After training in the United States, the squadron moved briefly to England, then to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, where it served until V-E Day. It remained in Italy after the war until inactivating.