Commando 42-101115
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101115
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30570
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1106
FATE: Preserved
Operational Record
October 1944 to March 1946
42-101115 - USAAF (USA)
5 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
8 November 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Division.
Unknown date
Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.
March 1946 to February 1960
42-101115 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
31 March 1946
Purchased.
1949
Evacuated to Taiwan.
February 1960 to present
91-1139 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)
2 February 1960
Purchased.
Assigned to the 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron based at Tachikawa AB, Japan.
Equipped with an inertial navigation system and used as a navigation trainer.
15 February 1977
Withdrawn from use.
Unknown date
Displayed outdoor as gate guard at Miho AB, Japan.
Right: 91-1139 parked at Hyakuri, Japan in 1969.
Photo credit: Hiroe / gonavy.jp
Below, left: 91-1139 taking off from Iruma AB, Japan on 20 December 1976.
Photo credit: sin747 / flyteam.jp
Below, right: 91-1139 become a gate guard at Miho AB, 4 July 2014.
Photo credit: Michael Lovering / www.aeroresource.co.uk
Last edited: 21/01/2024