47 th AIRLIFT FLIGHT LINEAGE 47 th Transport Squadron constituted, 30 May 1942 Activated, 15 Jun 1942 Redesignated 47 th Troop Carrier Squadron, 4 Jul 1942 Inactivated, 22 Sep 1945 Activated, 30 Sep 1946 Redesignated 47 th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy, 30 Jul 1948 Redesignated 47 th Troop Carrier Squadron, Special, 1 Feb 1949 Inactivated, 18 Sep 1949 Redesignated 47 th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, 26 Nov 1952 Activated, 1 Feb 1953 Inactivated, 8 Jun 1955 Activated, 15 Jun 1964 Organized, 1 Oct 1964 Redesignated 47 th Troop Carrier Squadron, 1 Mar 1966 Redesignated 47 th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 1 May 1967 Inactivated, 1 Aug 1973 Redesignated 47 th Airlift Flight, 1 May 1993 Activated, 31 May 1993 STATIONS Daniel Field, GA, 15 Jun 1942 Bowman Field, KY, 21 Jun 1942 Florence, SC, 4 Aug 1942, NC, 13 Dec 1942-25 Apr 1943 Oujda, French Morocco, 9 May 1943 Kairouan, Tunisia, 16 Jun 1943 Trapani/Milo Afld, Sicily, 1 Sep 1943-17 Feb 1944 Folkingham, England, 1 Mar 1944 Achiet, France, 26 Feb-5 Aug 1945 Camp Myles Standish, MA, 21-22 Sep 1945
Templehof AB, Germany, 30 Sep 1946 Tulln AB, Austria, 5 May-25 Jun 1947 Langley Field, VA, 25 Jun 1947 Bergstrom Field (later, AFB), TX, 15 Jul 1947-22 Oct 1948 Bergstrom AFB, TX, 11 May 1948-22 Oct 1948 Fassberg, Germany, 9 Nov 1948-18 Sep 1949 Mitchel AFB, NY, 1 Feb 1953 Sewart AFB, TN, 2 Oct 1953-8 Jun 1955 Forbes AFB, KS, 1 Oct 1964 Dyess AFB, TX, 6 Jul-1 Aug 1973 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 31 May 1993 DEPLOYED STATIONS Pope AFB, NC, 14 Apr 1948-11 May 1948 ASSIGNMENTS 313 th Transport (later, 313 th Troop Carrier) Group, 15 Jun 1942-22 Sep 1945 313 th Troop Carrier Group, 30 Sep 1946-18 Sep 1949 313 th Troop Carrier Group, 1 Feb 1953-8 Jun 1955 Tactical Air Command, 15 Jun 1964 313 th Troop Carrier (later, 313 th Tactical Airlift) Wing, 1 Oct 1964 463 rd Tactical Airlift Wing, 6 Jul-1 Aug 1973 645 th Logistics and Operations Group, 31 May 1993 88 th Air Base Wing, 1 Oct 1994 88 th Operations Support Squadron, 1 Jul 1995 WEAPON SYSTEMS C-47, 1942-1945 CG-4, 1943-1945 Horsa glider, 1944 C-53, 1944-1945 C-109, 1944-1945 CG-13, 1945 C-46, 1945 C-47, 1946-1948 C-82, 1947-1948 C-54, 1948-1949 C-46, 1953 C-119, 1953-1955 C-130, 1964-1973 C-21, 1993 ASSIGNED AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUMBERS ASSIGNED AIRCRAFT TAIL/BASE CODES
UNIT COLORS COMMANDERS HONORS Service Streamers None Campaign Streamers World War II Sicily Naples-Foggia Rome-Arno Normandy Northern France Rhineland Central Europe Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers None Decorations Distinguished Unit Citations Sicily, 11 Jul 1943 France, [6-7] Jun 1944 EMBLEM Approved on 28 July 1970 EMBLEM SIGNIFICANCE MOTTO NICKNAME OPERATIONS Provided air transportation in the Mediterranean and European theaters of operation during World War II; participated in airborne assaults in Sicily, Italy, Normandy, the Netherlands, and Germany. Took part in the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949. Conducted routine and special assignment airlift missions under Tactical Air Command, 1953-1955 and 1964-1973. Transported personnel for the Aeronautical Systems Center and Air Force Materiel Command since 1993. Alaskan Operation C-82s had red tail sections and wing-tips. Squadron colors were applied as a design on the nose and a section of both tails - 4th TCS: Red; 7th TCS: Yellow; 8th TCS: Blue; 29th TCS: Red; 47th TCS: Green; 20th TCS: Yellow; 50th TCS: Red; 61st TCS: Green; 62nd TCS: Blue. Many later production C-82s had the last three digits of their construction numbers
stencilled behind the prop warning stripe. Markings / Colors: Natural metal finish with large fuselage side Buzz Numbers, squadron colors applied as a design on the nose and section of both tails - 10th TCS: Red; 11th TCS: Green; 12th TCS: Blue. From 1993 to 1997, the air base wing regained an active flying mission with assignment of the 47th Airlift Flight. The fiight was an administrative support unit that flew C-12 (until 1994) and C-21. It was reassigned to Air Mobility Command in 1997 but remained at Wright-Patterson as a tenant unit. Date, Time and Location of the Accident: 2 February 2002, 1430L (2130Z), at Ellswonh AFB, SD. Mishap Aircraft: C-21 A, S/N 84-0097, assigned to the 47 Airlift Flight, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH that falls under the supervision of the 457th Airlift Squadron, Andrews AFB, MD, and the 375th Airlift Wing, Scott AFB, IL. Summary of Events: The mishap aircraft, call sign Pacer 43, was conducting partern work operations during an off-station training mission at Ellsworth AFB. Shortly before impact, the mishap crew was conducting a simulated single-engine approach to runway 31 at Ellsworth AFB. Subsequent analysis showed that there was a significantly greater amount of fuel in the left wing and left wing tip tank than the right. The gross fuel imbalance resulted from an unmonitored transfer of fuel from the right wing and right wing tip tank to the left that was initiated by the crew approximately nine and one-half minutes before impact. As the aircraft approached the point when it would normally transition to a flare, it leveled off and began a climbing turn to the west, toward the tower. It did not touch down pnor to the turn, but veered left immediately during the flare, and then rolled back to wings level momentarily as it climbed. The heavier left wing, and application of power to the right engine for the go-around, caused the aircraft to roll back into a steeper left turn, stayed in a climbing left turn with the bank continuing to increase until it rolled through more than 90 degrees of bank. As the aircraft reached the highest point of the climb (approximately 450 feet), the bank angle was more than 90 degrees, and perhaps slightly inverted as the nose dropped and the aircraft began to descend. The aircraft impacted the ground in a grassy field approximately one-half mile south of the airfield control tower at location N 44 Degrees, 7.762 Minutes, W 103 Degrees, 6.509 Minutes. The aircraft attitude directional indicators showed that the aircraft impacted the ground inverted (upside-down) with the left wing down 60 degrees and nose down attitude of 58 degrees. Number of Injuries/Death: The pilot, Captain Brian D. Rizzoli and the co-pilot, First Lieutenant William B. Satterly, were killed in the mishap. There were no civilian casualties. Damage Description: The aircraft was totally destroyed upon impact with the loss valued at 53,431,000.00. There was no other damage to government or private property. I find, by clear and convincing evidence, the primary cause of the mishap was the crew s failure to follow flight manual procedures for fuel transfer. As a result, the mishap aircraft experienced a fuel imbalance significant enough to cause the aircraft to enter an unsafe roll to the left from which the pilot was not able to recover. 430324 CG-4A 42-52789 47 TCS 313 TCG LAC Young, James M USA NC
AAB, NC AAB, NC 430324 CG-4A 42-43788 47 TCS 313 TCG AAB, NC LAC Nutting, Lowell O USA NC AAB, NC 450411 C-46D 44-77641 47TCS 313TCG Achiet (B- 54) GACF Gautreaux, Vincent P Achiet (B- 54) 450416 C-46B 44-77535 47TCS 313TCG B54 KCR Prince, Vincent K BEL Charleroi/A- 87 450427 C-46D 44-77653 47TCS 313TCG B54 KCR Koenig, Edward C Hesdin 450701 C-47B 43-48562 47TCS 313TCG B54 TAC Richardson, William W Achiet/B- 54 450701 C-47A 43-15120 47TCS 313TCG B54 TAC [parked aircraft] Achiet/B- 54 501017 C-46D 44-77997 47TCS 1 (P) TCG Ashiya AB, JPN LAC Perr, David H. JPN Ashiya AB 500930 C-46D 44-78365 47TCS 1 Prov TCG Tachikawa AB, JPN TAC Peary, David H. JPN Ashiya AB 470111 L-5B 44-16922 47TCS 313TCG LACW Stone, John J GER Tempelhof AB 470204 C-47A 43-15197 47TCS 313TCG TAC Robertson, Isaac E GER Tempelhof AB 510123 C-46D 44-78473 47CTS 437CTG Tachikawa AB, JPN CBLEF McGinnis, George L. 6 Mi ENE Tachikawa AB Air Force Order of Battle Created: 23 Sep 2010 Updated:
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