Commando 42-101115

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

  October 1944 to March 1946

  42-101115 - USAAF (USA)

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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)

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31 March 1946

Purchased.

1949

Evacuated to Taiwan.

  February 1960 to present

  91-1139 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)

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2 February 1960

Purchased.

Assigned to the 401^st 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Withdrawn from use.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