Commando 42-101072

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101072

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30527

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1063

FATE: Broken up

  September 1944 to June 1945

  42-101072 - USAAF (USA)

25 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. Alfred A. Beckner Jr., Pilot
2^nd Lt. Francis L. Morris, Copilot

10 November 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.

March 1945

Moved to Dulag Field, Philippines with the 8^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Operated flights to Australia, New Guinea, and within the Philippines, and transported personnel and supplies to the Ryukyus, evacuating casualties on the return flights.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

27 June 1945

Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.