Commando 42-101170

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101170

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30625

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1161

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to January 1945

  42-101170 - 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:
1^st Lt. Holly V. Holcomb Jr., Pilot
2^nd Lt. Ernest Hodas, 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.

4 January 1945

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

Condemned for salvage.