Commando 42-101147
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101147
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30602
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1138
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
October 1944 to September 1945
42-101147 - USAAF (USA)
2 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Probably assigned to the 2nd Combat Cargo Group based at Syracuse AAB, NY.
Assigned to the 2nd Combat Cargo Group, 6th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Baer Field, IN.
Ferried from Fairfield-Suisun AAB, CA to Nadzab Field, Australian New Guinea .
Crew:
2nd Lt. Charles R. Johnson, Pilot
2nd Lt. James M. Shaffer, Copilot
10 November 1944
Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.
Late 1944
Moved to Biak AAF, Papua, Dutch East Indies with the 6th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Involved in the transport of supplies and troops to American and Filipino forces in the Philippines.
March 1945
Moved to Dulag Field, Philippines with the 6th 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.
August 1945
Moved to Bolo Point, Okinawa, Japan with the 6th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Operated flights carrying occupation forces personnel and equipment to Japan, and ferrying liberated prisoners of war to the Philippines.
Unknown date
Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.
13 September 1945
Damaged beyond repair in the Southwest Pacific theatre in an accident.
Condemned for salvage.
Last edited: 01/09/2020