Commando 42-101169

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101169

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30624

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1160

FATE: Broken up

  October 1944 to March 1949

  42-101169 - USAAF (USA)

5 October 1944

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

Assigned to the 2^nd Combat Cargo Group, 6^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Baer Field, IN.

Ferried from Fairfield-Suisun AAB, CA to Nadzab Field, Australian New Guinea .

Crew:
Capt. Capt. William P. Stephens, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Anthony J. Montagano, Copilot

10 November 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Late 1944

Moved to Biak AAF, Papua, Dutch East Indies with the 6^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Involved in the transport of supplies and troops to American and Filipino forces in the Philippines.

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

4 August 1945

Condemned for salvage.

31 December 1945

Reinstated at Nichols Field, Philippines.

1 February 1949

Reclamation authorized, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.

8 March 1949

Reclamation completed, possibly at Clark AB, Philippines.