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==== 438th Troop Carrier Group ==== [[File:Eisenhower d-day.jpg|thumb|General [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] addresses Company E, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Strike), at Greenham Common Airfield about 8:30 pm on 5 June 1944.]] Literally as the 368th FG was moving out, the [[438th Troop Carrier Group]] was flying into Greenham Common from [[RAF Langar]]. Flying [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain]]s, they had the following Troop Carrier squadrons and fuselage codes:<ref name=aam438>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanairmuseum.com/unit/386|title=438th Troop Carrier Group|publisher=American Air Museum in Britain|access-date=27 November 2021}}</ref> * 87th Troop Carrier Squadron (3X) * 88th Troop Carrier Squadron (M2) * 89th Troop Carrier Squadron (4U) * 90th Troop Carrier Squadron (Q7) * 94th Troop Carrier Squadron (D8) The 438th was a group of Ninth Air Force's [[53d Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)|53rd Troop Carrier Wing]] of [[IX Troop Carrier Command]]. The unit moved to [[Prosnes]] in France in February 1945.<ref name=aam438/>
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