Commando 42-101139

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101139

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30594

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1130

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to December 1944

  42-101139 - USAAF (USA)

29 September 1944

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

Assigned to the 2^nd Combat Cargo Group, 6^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Baer Field, IN.

Ferried from Fairfield-Suisun AAB, CA to Nadzab Field, Australian New Guinea .

Crew:
1^st Lt. Tully W. Talbot, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Dale L. Root, Copilot

10 November 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Late 1944

Probably moved to Biak AAF, Papua, Dutch East Indies with the 6^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

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

25 December 1944

Damaged beyond repair in the Southwest Pacific theatre in an accident.

Condemned for salvage.