After V-E Day, the squadron served in Air Transport Command, ferrying men from the combat theater back to the United States.

[3][4] The squadron arrived in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, where it was stationed at Pantanella Airfield, Italy in March 1944.

It flew strategic bombardment combat missions over France, Germany, Italy, Austria and the Balkans, attacking targets such as marshalling yards, docks, aircraft factories and oil production facilities.

It attacked troop concentrations in May 1944 to assist partisan forces in Yugoslavia and performed interdiction missions to support the advance on Rome.

Prior to Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France, it attacked bridges, railroads and gun emplacements near the landing area.

[4] The squadron moved to Waller Field, Trinidad and became part of Air Transport Command in June 1945.

[6] By April 1954, construction at Toul was advanced enough that its parent 465th Troop Carrier Wing and the other flying squadrons could join it.

[9] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency