against Erwin Rommel’s Atlantic Wall was the unsung heroes of the AAF’s Troop Carrier Command. Evolving from the pre-war Air Service & Ferrying Command, a specific need for the Army’s expanding parachute units led to the division of the now AAF’s transport units into the more commonly recognized Air Transport Command and new Troop Carrier Groups (TCGs). DedicatedThe first two operational units were reorganized from existing Southwest Pacific transport units while training began in the States for what would eventually add another 26 groups to all theaters of war.
