Commando 42-101152

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101152

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30607

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1143

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to February 1945

  42-101152 - USAAF (USA)

3 October 1944

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

8 January 1945

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1333^rd AAF Base Unit based in Chabua, Assam, India.

Christened "Stork".

9 February 1945

Went missing somewhere in the China-Burma-India theatre (3/3 missing). [MACR 12026]

Crew:
2^nd Lt. Cleo W. Byrd, Pilot
Capt. Robert D. Ward, Copilot
T/Sgt Julius Ginsberg, Radio Operator

The Commando was operating a cargo flight between Kunming, Yunnan, China and Chabua, Assam, India with a crew of three. Weather over the Himalaya at the time was reported to be instrument conditions with high winds and turbulence. The crew and aircraft were never seen or heard from again.

15 February 1945

Condemned for salvage, missing.

Right & below: Missing Air Crew Report 12026 describing the disapearrance of 42-101152.