Commando 42-101087
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101087
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30542
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1078
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1944 to August 1945
42-101087 - USAAF (USA)
29 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to the 2nd Combat Cargo Group, 6th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Baer Field, IN.
Ferried from Fairfield-Suisun AAB, CA to Nadzab Field, Australian New Guinea .
Crew:
2nd Lt. Thomas G. Hollis, Pilot
2nd Lt. Robbie D. Langston, Copilot
11 November 1944
Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.
Late 1944
Moved to Biak AAF, Papua, Dutch East Indies with the 6th 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 6th 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.
5 June 1945
Damaged beyond repair somewhere in the Southwest Pacific Theatre in an accident.
Condemned for salvage, washout.
Last edited: 01/09/2020