Commando 42-101067

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101067

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30522

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1058

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to January 1945

  42-101067 - USAAF (USA)

23 September 1944

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

Assigned to the 2^nd Combat Cargo Group, 7^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Baer Field, IN.

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

Crew:
1^st Lt. Harry G. Gresham, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Donald D. McCombs, Copilot

2 November 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Late 1944

Moved to Biak AAF, Papua, Dutch East Indies with the 7^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

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

19 January 1945

Went missing over the Southwest Pacific. [MACR 12400]

21 January 1945

Condemned for salvage.