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A group of Air Commando glider pilots with one of the 225 Waco CG-4 assault gliders that were assigned to the First Air Commando to carry “Chindit” formations deep behind Japanese lines. The pilot kneeling at the far right of the photo with the “Tommy” gun resting against his left arm, is the famous child motion picture star Jackie Coogan, who in the 1960’s would gain additional fame as “Uncle Fester” in the very popular television series “The Adams Family.”

Battle of Order 1st Air Commando Group

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January 30th, 2023
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March 17th, 2023
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1st Air Commando
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Commanders
September 13th, 1943 – December 26th, 1943
Lieutenant Colonel Philip G. Cochran
Lieutenant Colonel John R. Alison
December 26th, 1943 – May 20th, 1944
Colonel Philip G. Cochran
May 20th, 1944 – April 7th, 1945
Colonel Clinton B. Gaty
April 7th, 1945 – End of the war
Colonel Robert W. Hall
Order of Battle

Project 9, May 1943 – December 1943

Project CA 281,

5318th Provisional Unit (Air), December 1943 – March 1944

No. 1 Air Commando Force, March 1944 – March 25th, 1944

1st Air Commando Group, March 25th, 1944
  • 5th Fighter Squadron (Commando)
  • 6th Fighter Squadron (Commando)
  • 10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment
  • 72nd Airdrome Squadron
  • 164th Liaison Squadron (Commando)
  • 165th Liaison Squadron (Commando)
  • 166th Liaison Squadron (Commando)
  • 284th Medical Dispensary (Aviation)
  • 285th Medical Dispensary (Aviation)
  • 309th Airdrome Squadron
  • 319th Troop Carrier Squadron (Commando)
  • 326th Airdrome Squadron
  • 900th Airborne Engineers Company