Commando 42-101155
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101155
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30610
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1146
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
October 1944 to August 1949
42-101155 - USAAF (USA)
4 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
12 October 1944
Received major damage at the Rome Air Depot, NY in a ground accident.
Pilot: Joseph V. Henderson
Late October
Assigned to the 2nd Combat Cargo Group, 5th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Baer Field, IN.
Marked "X614".
Ferried from Fairfield-Suisun AAB, CA to Townsville, Australia.
Crew:
1st Lt. John C. Bright, Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald E. Nelson, 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.
May 1945
Moved to Dulag Field, Philippines with the 5th 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 5th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Operated flights carrying occupation forces personnel and equipment to Japan, and ferrying liberated prisoners of war to the Philippines.
September 1945
Moved to Yokota AB, Japan with the 5th Combat Cargo Squadron.
ca 1946
Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.
21 April 1947
Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
17 August 1949
Reclamation completed, possibly at Clark AB, Philippines.
Last edited: 18/09/2020