Re: 1st Air Commandos -- CBI & Combat Cargo Groups

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Date Posted: 19:13:35 05/16/11 Mon
Author: john becotte
Subject: Re: 1st Air Commandos
In reply to: Tim day 's message, "1st Air Commandos" on 07:08:21 11/12/09 Thu

>My father arrived in the CBI in March 1944, he was
>assigned to the 1st Air Commando. The stories he
>related to me seem to indicate that he stared with
>them then transferred to 1st Combat Cargo. He told me
>his cargo's consisted of mules, Chinese troops, 50 gal
>drums of aviation fuel. He also said that his C.O. was
>Col. Cochran. He was a flight engineer/crew chief, he
>said that his pilots were not always the same ones,
>that he flew with a number of different officers. His
>name was Ted Day, I haven't found him listed with any
>of the C-47 crews, so that sort of verifies that he
>wasn't with the 1st Combat Cargo until late 1944-1945.
>he said he was on the C-47 that flew the officers to
>accept the Jap surrender of CBI.
Hi, My father(same name) flew C-47's and P-38's as a first pilot and at the end of the war flew Chinese generals to peace conference in a C-47 which I have photos. I wonder I if your father was in the flight crew.

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>>My father arrived in the CBI in March 1944, he was >>assigned to the 1st Air Commando. The stories he >>related to me seem to indicate that he stared with >>them then transferred to 1st Combat Cargo. He told me >>his cargo's consisted of mules, Chinese troops, 50 gal >>drums of aviation fuel. He also said that his C.O. was >>Col. Cochran. He was a flight engineer/crew chief, he >>said that his pilots were not always the same ones, >>that he flew with a number of different officers. His >>name was Ted Day, I haven't found him listed with any >>of the C-47 crews, so that sort of verifies that he >>wasn't with the 1st Combat Cargo until late 1944-1945. >>he said he was on the C-47 that flew the officers to >>accept the Jap surrender of CBI. >Hi, My father(same name) flew C-47's and P-38's as a >first pilot and at the end of the war flew Chinese >generals to peace conference in a C-47 which I have >photos. I wonder I if your father was in the flight >crew.

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