Due Week Commencing 20/10/08

Constituted as 316th transport Group on 2nd Feb.1942 and activated on 14th Feb. then Redesignated 316th Troop Carrier Group in July 1942.Trained with C-47 and C-53 aircraft and moved to the Mediterranean theatre then assigned to Ninth AF. They transported supplies and evacuated casualties in support of the Allies drive across North Africa.In May 1943 they began training for the invasion of Sicily.They received the DUC for carrying reinforcements to Sicily and received another DUC for supporting aerial and ground operations in Egypt. Model wingspan 199mm.