Following V-E Day it operated with Air Transport Command in returning American troops to the United States.

[3] Two months later, on 21 August 1944, the squadron received a second DUC for an attack on underground oil storage facilities near Vienna, Austria.

It bombed bridges, viaducts, marshalling yards, and supply dumps to assist troops advancing on Rome between April and July 1944.

In September 1944, the unit transported petroleum products to troops participating in Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France.

[2][3] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency