page_title: RAF Membury
section_title: 436th Troop Carrier Group
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Membury / History / USAAF use / 436th Troop Carrier Group
caption_attribution_description: English: Douglas C-47s and CG-4A Waco Gliders, of the 436th Troop Carrier Group, lined up on the runway at Membury Airfield, England.
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Membury or more simply RAF Membury is a former Royal Air Force station built in the civil parish of Lambourn in Berkshire, England. The airfield is located approximately 4.6 miles mi north-northwest of Hungerford, at the Membury services stop of the M4 motorway; about 60 miles west-southwest of London. The airfield also lies immediately next to the Iron Age hill fort of Membury Camp.
  Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. During the war it was used by several combat units with varying missions. It was also a major supply and maintenance depot. After the war, it was a private airport until the construction of the M4 motorway in the 1960s when it was closed.
  Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property with the former technical site now being an industrial estate.
context_section_description: The 436th Troop Carrier Group with its Douglas C-47/C-53 Skytrains arrived on 3 March from RAF Bottesford. Operational squadrons of the group were:
  79th Troop Carrier Squadron (S6)
  80th Troop Carrier Squadron (7D)
  81st Troop Carrier Squadron (U5)
  82nd Troop Carrier Squadron (3D)
  The 436th TCW was assigned to the 53rd Troop Carrier Wing.
  When the 53rd Troop Carrier Wing moved its groups to France in February 1945 the 436th vacated Membury between the 21st and 25th for its new location at Melun (A-55). Nevertheless, there was still a US presence at Membury until a few weeks after the end of hostilities as the airfield was being used by the IX Troop Carrier Command as a pick-up point.
caption: Douglas C-47s and CG-4A Waco Gliders lined up on the runway at Membury Airfield, 1944.
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