464th Troop Carrier Group

World War II The 464th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 1 August 1943 at Wendover Field, Utah as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombardment unit. The group's squadrons were the 776th, 777th, 778th and 779th Bombardment Squadrons. After gathering its initial cadre, the group moved to Gowen Field, Idaho for training with II Bomber Command. After training in Idaho and Utah, the group began its move to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in February 1944. The group sometimes engaged in support and interdiction operations. It supported Allied forces during Operation Dragoon, the invasion of Southern France in August 1944. It hit railroad centers to assist the advance of Red Army in southeastern Europe in March 1945. It bombed enemy supply lines to assist the advance of US Fifth and British Eighth Army in northern Italy in April 1945. After V-E Day, the group was assigned to the Green Project, the movement of troops from Europe to the United States via the South Atlantic Transport Route. B-24s were modified with sealed bomb bays, removal of all defensive armament and internal fuselage equipped with seating to carry approximately 30 personnel. It was assigned to Air Transport Command at Waller Field, Trinidad. The group moved personnel from Natal, Brazil and Atkinson Field, British Guiana to Morrison Field, Florida. It provided air transport until the end of July when the unit was inactivated. The group was redesignated the 464th Tactical Airlift Group in inactive status on 31 July 1985. ==Lineage==

• Constituted as the 464th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 May 1943 : Activated on 1 August 1943 • Redesignated 464th Bombardment Group, Heavy on 29 September 1944 : Inactivated on 31 July 1945 • Redesignated 464th Troop Carrier Group, Medium on 16 December 1952 : Activated on 1 February 1953 : Inactivated on 11 November 1957 • Redesignated 464th Tactical Airlift Group on 31 July 1985 • Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command, 1 June – 31 July 1945 • 464th Troop Carrier Wing, 1 February 1953 – 11 November 1957 Components • 776th Bombardment Squadron (later 776th Troop Carrier Squadron): 1 August 1943 – 31 July 1945, 1 February 1953 – 11 November 1957 • 777th Bombardment Squadron (later 777th Troop Carrier Squadron): 1 August 1943 – 31 July 1945, 1 February 1953 – 11 November 1957 • 778th Bombardment Squadron (later 778th Troop Carrier Squadron): 1 August 1943 – 31 July 1945, 1 February 1953 – 11 November 1957 • 779th Bombardment Squadron (later 779th Troop Carrier Squadron): 1 August 1943 – 31 July 1945, 8 June 1955 – 1 August 1957 Awards and campaigns Stations • Wendover Field, Utah, 1 August 1943 • Gowen Field, Idaho, 22 August 1943 • Pocatello Army Air Field, Idaho, 2 October 1943 – 9 February 1944 • Pantanella Airfield, Italy, March 1944 • Gioia del Colle Airfield, Italy, 21 April 1944 • Pantanella Airfield, Italy, c. 1 June 1944 – c. May 1945 • Waller Field, Trinidad, 1 June – 31 July 1945 • Lawson Air Force Base, Georgia, 1 February 1953 • Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, 21 September 1954 – 11 November 1957 Aircraft • Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945 • Curtiss C-46 Commando 1953–1954 • Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar 1953–1957 • Fairchild C-123 Provider 1955–1957 ==See also==