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U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Groups of the Second World War
5th Combat Cargo Squadron, 2nd Combat Cargo Group
5th Combat Cargo Squadron Reunion, Tucson, Az. 1979
| 5th Combat Cargo Squadron, C-46, X606. This aircraft is now on
display at the Pima Air and Space Museum. 5th Combat Cargo Squadron veteran,
Bud Abrams, was a member of the Board in organizing the Pima Air and Space
Museum. The Board of the Museum told Bud, if he wanted to fix up a C-46 for
the Museum he was free to do so. So all on his own, Bud Abrams reclaimed a
C-46 from the Air Force Graveyard at Davis Monthan and proceeded in restorting the
aircraft for the Museum. To celebrate the Dedication of the C-46, Bud called
upon his former 5th Combat Cargo Squadron mates to help celebrate the dedication
with the 5th Combat Cargo Squadrons first reunion. Bud who lives in Tucson,
owns and operates a machine under the name of 'Abrams Airborne'. He
subcontracts through Motorola and some of his work has been on Moon Missions, Shuttle
Mission and most recently on the International Space Station. Reunion picture courtesy of Merle Lehenbauer 5th CCS |
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I am looking for former members of the 3rd Combat Cargo Group, 1st, Combat Cargo Group, 2nd Combat Cargo Group and the 4th Combat Cargo Group. In fact I would like to hear from anyone who flew over the Hump during WW II, or flew any Combat Cargo Missions at any time (Berlin Air-Lift, Korea, etc) Please e-mail comment, suggestions, corrections,etc to: bill@comcar.org Imphal, the Hump and Beyond Copyright © 1999-2000 Bill Bielauskas All rights reserved. Notice to all Viewers: All stories and images within "Imphal, The Hump and Beyond, U.S.A.A.F Combat Cargo Units of the Second World War", are Copyright ©1999-2000, to the Veteran who submitted the text and/or photographs and to Bill Bielauskas, Webmaster at "Imphal, the Hump and Beyond, U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Units of the Second World War". All rights reserved. No part of this page, or those connected via links, either text, or images may be used for any purpose other than personal use. Storage, reproduction, modification on a retrieval system or transmission, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Copyright © holder(s) is prohibited. This includes storage on another Internet Website other than "Imphal, the Hump and Beyond, U.S.A.A.F. Combat Cargo Groups of the Second World War" Bill Bielauskas 10 Cayuga Trail, Wayne, NJ. 07470-4406 |