Commando 42-101089

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101089

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30544

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1080

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to February 1945

  42-101089 - USAAF (USA)

29 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:
Capt. Willard R. Jones, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Basil L. Hoyl, Copilot

31 October 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.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

2 February 1945

Damaged beyond repair somewhere in the Southwest Pacific Theatre in an accident.

Condemned for salvage.