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4th Airlift Squadron (0174) C-17 Model, 1/116th Scale, Mahogany, Cargo

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4th Airlift Squadron (0174) C-17 Model

Fly with the “The Spirit of McChord” of the 4th Airlift Squadron in this hand crafted C-17 model. Each piece is carefully carved from wood and hand painted to provide a piece you’ll love.

  • Length- 18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran Owned Business

World War II
The squadron’s origins begin on 1 October 1933 when it was constituted in the Regular Army Reserve, assigned to the 1st Transport Group in the V Corps Area. It was organized with reserve personnel by March 1934 at Bowman Field, Kentucky. It was authorized to be partially organized in the Army Air Corps as the 4th Provisional Transport Squadron on 1 March 1935 and assigned to the San Antonio Air Depot. Re-designated as the 4th Transport Squadron 25 June 1935. Fully activated, less Reserve personnel on 15 July 1935 at Rockwell Field, California[1] and assigned Bellanca C-27 transports. Its mission was the transport of supplies and equipment from the depot to field units at airfields in the Western United States. In 1938 when Rockwell Field was transferred to the United States Navy, the depot moved to Sacramento where it continued its transport mission.[2] After the Pearl Harbor Attack, the squadron was transferred to the 62d Troop Carrier Group and re-equipped with C-47 Skytrain transports. Initially transferred to Selfridge Field, Michigan for training, the squadron trained for combat resupply and casualty evacuation mission at several airfields during the spring and summer of 1942. Was ordered deployed to England, assigned to Eighth Air Force in September 1942. Performed intro-theater transport flights of personnel, supply and equipment within England during summer and fall of 1942, reassigned to Twelfth Air Force after Operation Torch invasion of North Africa, initially stationed at Tafaraoui Airfield, Algeria.[3] In combat, performed resupply and evacuation missions across Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia during North African Campaign. During June 1943, the unit began training with gliders in preparation for Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. It towed gliders to Syracuse, Sicily and dropped paratroopers at Catania during the operation. After moving to Sicily, the squadron airdropped supplies to escaped prisoners of war in Northern Italy in October. Operated from Sicily until December until moving to Italian mainland in December.[3] Supported the Italian Campaign during balance of 1944 supporting partisans in the Balkans. Its unarmed aircraft flew at night over uncharted territory, landing at small unprepared airfields to provide guns, ammunition, clothing, medical supplies, gasoline, and mail to the partisans. It even carried and mules as cargo. On return trips it evacuated wounded partisans, evadees and escaped prisoners. During the spring of 1944, the squadron was transferred to 10th Air Force in India where it carried combat cargo during the Siege of Myitkyina, Burma. Returning to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) in July 1944, it carried paratroopers during the Invasion of Southern France in August, 1944. The squadron then returned to operations over Italy and in the Balkans until end of combat in Europe, May, 1945. In all the 4th earned nine campaign ribbons during operations in both the European and China-Burma-India theaters in the Second World War.[3] Korean War
The squadron returned to the United States in September 1946, being assigned to the troop carrier squadron training school at Bergstrom Field, Texas. When the school closed in July 1947, it was moved to McChord Field, Washington where its parent 62d Troop Carrier Group became the host unit at the airfield. It conducted routine peacetime transport operations, training with Army units at Fort Lewis with simulated combat parachute training drops flying C-46 Commandos and the new C-82 Packet combat cargo aircraft, designed to operate from forward, rugged airfields.[3] With the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950, the squadron was deployed to Japan in December 1950 where it was attached to various Far East Air Forces units for the next year. The squadron was re-equipped with C-54 Skymaster 4-engine cargo aircraft where it flew combat resupply missions over the Korean peninsula, supporting United Nations ground forces with resupply and casualty evacuation flights from rough airfields to and from FEAF Japanese Air Bases. It also conducted trans-pacific aerial transportation from the United States. The squadron returned to McChord in November 1951.[3]

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