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Commando 42-101067

Aircraft Identification

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

Operational Record

  September 1944 to January 1945

  42-101067 - USAAF (USA)


23 September 1944

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

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

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

Crew:
1st Lt. Harry G. Gresham, Pilot
2nd 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 7th 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.

Last edited: 01/09/2020