Commando 42-101138

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101138

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30593

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1129

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to July 1945

  42-101138 - USAAF (USA)

29 September 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Probably assigned to the 2^nd Combat Cargo Group based at Syracuse AAB, NY.

12 October 1944

Received minor damage at the Rome Air Depot, NY in a ground accident while parked.

Late October 1944

Assigned to the 2^nd Combat Cargo Group, 5^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Baer Field, IN.

Marked "X608".

Ferried from Fairfield-Suisun AAB, CA to Townsville, Australia.

Crew:
1^st Lt. Edward N. Krieg, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Eugene E. Henley, Copilot

10 November 1944

Assigned to Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Late 1944

Moved to Biak AAF, Papua, Dutch East Indies with the 5^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Involved in the transport of supplies and troops to American and Filipino forces in the Philippines.

May 1945

Moved to Dulag Field, Philippines with the 5^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.

18 July 1945

Damaged beyond repair in the Southwest Pacific theatre due to combat action.

Condemned for salvage.