9th Army Airforce
9th Troop Carrier Command
Troop Carrier Command played a major role during the operation. Together with the RAF it dropped the paratroopers over the assigned targets, towed the gliders and flew through heavy flak to drop supplies for the airborne soldiers. At Arnhem much of the supplies that where dropped got lost since the dropzones had been overrun on the third day of the operation and due to communication problems the British airborne troops hadn't been able to notify England of this fact.
The two American airborne divisions where also very much depending on the supplies that where brought by the troop carrier aircrafts and the gliders. Due to shortage in aircrafs and gliders the American divisions clouldn't bring much artillery and anti tank guns in the first lift so it was not only waiting for the British second army but also for the second and third lift in the following two days.
In order to give you an overview of the involvement of the 9th Troop Carrier Command during the war you will find the Troop Carrier Groups below that took part in operation Market Garden.
We are still working of a short history for every group from the moment of it's activation up to the Market Garden operation.
Interesting books about WWII Troop Carrier Command:
800 photos from market garden here in Dutch archives.
50th Troop Carrier Wing
439th Troop Carrier Group
L4 - 91st Squadron | Charles Skidmore, Glider Pilot - D-day+1 | His market garden landing
J8 - 92nd Squadron
3B - 93rd Squadron
D8 - 94th Squadron
440th Troop Carrier Group
9X - 95th Squadron
6Z - 96th Squadron
W6 - 97th Squadron
8Y - 98th Squadron
441st Troop Carrier Group
3J - 99th Squadron
6B - 100th Squadron | Clifford D. Kantz, pilot (D-day mission) | His war memories
Z4 - 301st Squadron
2L - 302nd Squadron
442nd Troop Carrier Group
J7 - 303rd Squadron | Terrell Noffsinger, co-pilot (D-day mission)
V4 - 304th Squadron
4J - 305th Squadron
7H - 306th Squadron
Attached unit: 1061st Signal Company
52nd Troop Carrier Wing
61st Troop Carrier Group
3I - 14th Squadron
Y9 - 15th Squadron
3A - 53rd Squadron | Donald W Cox 61st TCG, 53rd TCS ; Market Garden
X5 - 59th Squadron | Sgt.James G. Pope Jr.
313rd Troop Carrier Group
5X - 29nd Squadron
N3 - 47th Squadron
Z7 - 48th Squadron
H2 - 49th Squadron
314th Troop Carrier Group
S2 - 32rd Squadron
2R - 50th Squadron
Q9 - 61st Squadron
E5 - 62nd Squadron
315th Troop Carrier Group
M6 - 309th Squadron | Eldon Sellers, pilot; Market Garden | Second Market Garden mission
4A - 310th Squadron
NM - 34th Squadron | T. Sgt. Buford Appleby
UA - 43rd Squadron
316th Troop Carrier Group
4C - 36th Squadron
W7 - 37th Squadron
6E - 44th Squadron
T3 - 45th Squadron
53rd Troop Carrier Wing
434th Troop Carrier Group
CJ - 71st Squadron Marvin Litke, pilot (D-day mission)
CU - 72nd Squadron | The Market Garden experiences of Art Hopper | Philip Jacobs - Glider pilot
CN - 73rd Squadron
ID - 74th Squadron
435th Troop Carrier Group
SH/CK - 75th Squadron
CW - 76th Squadron
IB - 77th Squadron
CM - 78th Squadron
436th Troop Carrier Group
S6 - 79th Squadron
7D - 80th Squadron | Major C.L. Schmid
U5 - 81st Squadron
3D - 82nd Squadron
437th Troop Carrier Group
T2 - 83rd Squadron
Z8 - 84th Squadron
90 - 85th Squadron | Don Bolce, Radio operator
5K - 86th Squadron
438th Troop Carrier Group
3X - 87th Squadron | Martin George Meier, Gliderpilot
M2 - 88th Squadron
4U - 89th Squadron
Q7 - 90th Squadron
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