Commando 42-101050

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101050

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30505

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1041

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to unknown date

  42-101050 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)

11 September 1944

Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.

  Unknown date to June 1945

  42-101050 - USAAF (USA)

Unknown date

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

Assigned to the 4^th Combat Cargo Group, 13^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Bowman Field, KY.

12 November 1944

Ferried from Morrison Field, FL to Sylhet, Bengal, India.

Crew:
Maj. Lucian S. Rochte Jr., Pilot
1^st Lt. Wayne Rousnavile, Copilot
Cpl. Daniel A. Hillenbrand, Crew Chief
SSgt. John W. Austin, Radio Operator

28 November 1944

Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.

Early December 1944

Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 13^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Transported reinforcements and supplies for Allied forces in Burma.

December 1944

Transported material and equipment for the Ledo Road.

Early January 1945

Moved to Agartala, Tripura, India with the 13^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Late January 1945

Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 13^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

February 1945

Transported men, mules, and boats to support the Allied crossing of the Irrawaddy River, Burma.

May 1945

Dropping Gurkha paratroops during the assault on Rangoon.

15 May 1945

Damaged in Meiktila, Burma in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Francis W. Gaughan

June 1945

Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 13^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Transported ammunition, gasoline, mules, and men to China.

30 June 1945

Damaged beyond repair at RAF Barrackpore, Bengal, India in a landing accident (no fatalities).

Pilot: 1^st Lt Charles Perrin Cockle

8 July 1945

Condemned for salvage.