[3] In August, the squadron was relieved of its attachment to the artillery school and moved to Marshall Field, Kansas to make way for the first arriving class, which began in September.

In the course of 14 months of operations, 40 squadron aircraft were destroyed in accidents or by enemy action,[6] on one occasion it lost three Stinson L-1 Vigilants in an attempt to rescue a downed bomber crewmember from an improvised airstrip in a jungle clearing.

[6] It evacuated over 4,000 casualties[note 2] from makeshift jungle airstrips and carried hundreds of tons of equipment and supplies and thousands of passengers.

[7] In addition, the squadron's pilots often acted as forward air controllers, directing attacks against Japanese gun positions and troops.

[8] The squadron remained in theater until late 1945, then returned to the United States and was inactivated at the Port of Embarkation, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, in January 1946.

[1] The squadron returned to its designation as a liaison unit and was activated at Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee in September 1952.