Commando 42-101058

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101058

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30513

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1049

FATE: Broken up

  September 1944 to January 1946

  42-101058 - USAAF (USA)

23 September 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Assigned to the 2^nd Combat Cargo Group, 8^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Baer Field, IN.

Ferried from Fairfield-Suisun AAB, CA to Nadzab Field, Australian New Guinea .

Crew:
Capt. Charles T. Scholl, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Homer E. Jones, Copilot

30 October 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

November 1944

Moved to Finschhafen Dreger Field, Australian New Guinea with the 8^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

January 1945

Moved to Biak AAF, Papua, Dutch East Indies with the 8^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Involved in the transport of supplies and troops to American and Filipino forces in the Philippines.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

6 March 1945

Received major damage in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia in a landing accident.

25 August 1945

Condemned for salvage.

2 December 1945

Reinstated in Okinawa, Japan.

7 January 1946

Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission. [probably in Okinawa]