374th Troop Carrier Group - USAF
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When the Korean War began in June 1950, the 374th TCG controlled the 6th and 22nd Squadrons based in Japan and equipped with C-54s and the 21st Squadron based in the Philippines and equipped with C-47s and C-54s. Within twelve hours of the North Korean attack, the group began transporting cargo to Korea and evacuating personnel on return trips. The 374th TCG moved personnel, equipment, ammunition, gasoline, rockets, rations, water, medical items, barbed wire, guns, and other materials from Japan to Suwon and Pusan, South Korea, to supply the U.S. Army. The 21st TCS moved to Japan on June 29 to come under the control of FEAF Combat Cargo Command. Between mid-September and mid-December 1950, the group operated mostly from Ashiya AB, Japan, then from October 23 to November 12, it operated from bases in Korea, landing war essentials and other cargo at various small forward airstrips near UN fighting forces. A C-47-equipped squadron of the Royal Thailand Air Force operated with the 374th TCG during this period. After moving back to Tachikawa AB, Japan in mid-December, the group continued to airlift supplies and personnel in support of UN action in Korea. The 6th and 22nd TCSs transitioned from C-54s to C-124s in mid-1952. In Operation LITTLE SWITCH, the 374th transported the first group of repatriated prisoners of war from Korea to Japan in April 1953, and after the ceasefire in Operation BIG SWITCH, it airlifted UN personnel who had been the enemy's prisoners.
When the Korean War began in June 1950, the 374th TCG controlled the 6th and 22nd Squadrons based in Japan and equipped with C-54s and the 21st Squadron based in the Philippines and equipped with C-47s and C-54s. Within twelve hours of the North Korean attack, the group began transporting cargo to Korea and evacuating personnel on return trips. The 374th TCG moved personnel, equipment, ammunition, gasoline, rockets, rations, water, medical items, barbed wire, guns, and other materials from Japan to Suwon and Pusan, South Korea, to supply the U.S. Army. The 21st TCS moved to Japan on June 29 to come under the control of FEAF Combat Cargo Command. Between mid-September and mid-December 1950, the group operated mostly from Ashiya AB, Japan, then from October 23 to November 12, it operated from bases in Korea, landing war essentials and other cargo at various small forward airstrips near UN fighting forces. A C-47-equipped squadron of the Royal Thailand Air Force operated with the 374th TCG during this period. After moving back to Tachikawa AB, Japan in mid-December, the group continued to airlift supplies and personnel in support of UN action in Korea. The 6th and 22nd TCSs transitioned from C-54s to C-124s in mid-1952. In Operation LITTLE SWITCH, the 374th transported the first group of repatriated prisoners of war from Korea to Japan in April 1953, and after the ceasefire in Operation BIG SWITCH, it airlifted UN personnel who had been the enemy's prisoners.
Subject: CPL. CHARLES W. ADAMS
Greg Adams wrote on November 7, 2019
City and State: MEDINA OH
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Comments: Looking for any information/records for my father, Cpl. Charles W. Adams. Enlisted 9-25-1946 and served in the 374th THC (H), 374th Comm. SQ.. He retired in 1971 and passed away in 1999. I hoping to learn more about his military service.
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Subject: EDWARD C. NELSON TELETYPE REPAIRMAN
Denise Nesbitt (Nelson) wrote on December 21, 2012
City and State: DEXTER MN
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Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: Looking for any information regarding my father, Edward C Nelson. He
was at Tachikawa AB sometime between 1951 and 1955. He passed away
in 1974, I was 4. Looking for anyone who may remember him or have a
story to share.
Keywords: Edward C. Nelson, nickname was Ace, black and white puppy
Subject: SGT. THOMAS MULHERN TACHIKAWA
Kevin Graham wrote on May 31, 2010
City and State: SPRINGFIELD OH
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Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: Looking for any information regarding Sgt Thomas Mulhern, serving in the 374th Air Group at Tachikawa. Died in some sort of crash, September 27, 1951.
Keywords: Sgt Thomas Mulhern 374th Air Group at Tachikawa September 27, 1951.
Subject: NEED INFO ABOUT 54TH TROOP CARRIER WING
Melinda Lyon wrote on January 22, 2007
Email Update Needed
City and State: CRAWFORDVILLE FL
Unit: 6TH TROOP CARRIER SQDN.; 374TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP
Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: My father, Chief Senior Master Sergeant James Donald Neighbors, was a member of the 5th Airforce. We are searching for more information regarding the 54th Troop Carrier Wing.
Keywords: Jim, Don, Donald
Subject: TACHIKAWA, JAPAN
Betty Steele wrote on November 11, 2006
City and State: NORTH CHICAGO IL
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Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: We are trying to locate anyone who was in the USAF June 18, 1953, when the C-124 Globemaster crashed in Tachikawa, Japan. We are hoping to find someone, anyone who may have known the victims of that accident.
Please contact Betty Jo Steele, Chicago, IL.
773 653 6487
Keywords: 374th Wing Heavy
Korean War
Globemaster Accident, USAF
159 Fatalities
Subject: 374TH TCWG - PHOTO LAB 1951-54
Newell Dorsey wrote on September 3, 2006
Email Update Needed
City and State: TIFTON GA
Unit: 374TH TROOP CARRIER SQ.
Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran
Comments: Interested in contacting these members, they were a group that on Christmas Day of 1951 went into the mountains west of Tachikawa taking photos. Also looking for th airman that took photos of the May Day Riots in Tokyo (1952). Newell Dorsey email: ndorsey@friendlycity.net
Keywords: Looking for members of the photo lab at Tachikawa AF, Japan in 1951-52.
Subject: C-130S TACHI 1966-67
John Perelli wrote on March 4, 2005
City and State: SOUTH WINDSOR CT
Unit: 6100 CAMERON SQD
Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea
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Keywords: 55- 001 002 003 006 008 010 012 013 57- 470 471 472 473 474 478 479 56- 370 371 372 374 376 377 get back to me
Subject: 374TH TROOP CARRIER WING H
Susan Hahn wrote on February 4, 2005
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Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: Looking for info on the above- my uncle, Joseph Roger Dukes,now deceased, was stationed at Tachikawa. He was a 'Sr. Career Guid Specialist', but not sure what that was! He shipped out from Camp Stoneman on the USNS Gen HASE. He recalled on several occasions about a bomber crash which occurred while he was there, and also when one of the last bomber missions flew off for the last time. I know he worked in the office and not on the field. But that is about it. Would like to get an idea of what the base was like, etc. I have a photo of him with the following men on base (raising their glasses at 'Tinkle's Stag party, 09-03-1953) - David J Sutherland, George F Newman, John Cobb, Quentin Begeal(?), Milton McEwen, Bill Libertus, Bob Borks, Bill Tinkle, Dale Boatright. (Anyone wanting copies, let me know. ) Thank you kindly.
Keywords: Joseph Roger Dukes(now deceased)- Tachicawa- stationed with 374th Troop Carrier Wing H, May 1951 - Sept 1953.
Subject: LOOKINK FOR A FRIEND FROM 1955
J.P. Rodgers wrote on September 25, 2004
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Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea
Comments: Would like to locate M. P. Odom who served with me in 1954/55. Last known duty at Homestead AFB Florida in 1961. Nickname "Doc"
Keywords: 22nd troor carrier 1954 1956
Subject: SEEKING REUNION DATES AND LOCATIONS
Bob Schneider wrote on September 17, 2004
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City and State: DELRAY BEACH FL
Unit: I
Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea
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