Commando 42-101150
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101150
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30605
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1141
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
October 1944 to February 1945
42-101150 - USAAF (USA)
3 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, 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:
Maj. Theodore P. Tatum Jr., Pilot
2nd Lt. John T. Law, 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.
12 February 1945
Damaged beyond repair in the Southwest Pacific theatre in an accident.
Condemned for salvage.
Last edited: 01/09/2020