Commando 42-101143
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101143
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30598
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1134
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
October 1944 to February 1945
42-101143 - USAAF (USA)
2 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to the 2nd Combat Cargo Group, 5th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Baer Field, IN.
Marked "X612".
Ferried from Fairfield-Suisun AAB, CA to Townsville, Australia.
Crew:
1st Lt. Claude S. Carpenter, Pilot
2nd Lt. Garvin Morris, Copilot
10 November 1944
Assigned to Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.
Late 1944
Moved to Biak AAF, Papua, Dutch East Indies with the 5th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Involved in the transport of supplies and troops to American and Filipino forces in the Philippines.
28 February 1945
Damaged beyond repair in the Southwest Pacific theatre in an accident.
Condemned for salvage.
Last edited: 01/09/2020