Commando 42-101156
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101156
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30611
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1147
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
October 1944 to August 1945
42-101156 - USAAF (USA)
7 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 "X615".
Ferried from Fairfield-Suisun AAB, CA to Townsville, Australia.
Crew:
1st Lt. Robert D. Beard, Pilot
2nd Lt. George S. Hensel, Copilot
9 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.
Unknown date
Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.
23 August 1945
Damaged beyond repair in the Southwest Pacific theatre in an accident.
Condemned for salvage.
Last edited: 01/09/2020