Commando 42-101159

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101159

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30614

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1150

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to October 1945

  42-101159 - USAAF (USA)

4 October 1944

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

Assigned to the 2^nd Combat Cargo Group, 5^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Baer Field, IN.

Marked "X619".

Ferried from Fairfield-Suisun AAB, CA to Townsville, Australia.

Crew:
1^st Lt. Mumford M. Heard, Pilot
1^st Lt. Roderick C. McNeil, Jr., Copilot

10 November 1944

Assigned to Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Late 1944

Moved to Biak AAF, Papua, Dutch East Indies with the 5^th 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 5^th 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 5^th 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 5^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

20 October 1945

Damaged beyond repair in the Southwest Pacific theatre in an accident.

Condemned for salvage.

Right: X619 on the day of its accident, unknown location.
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