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Commando 42-101180

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101180

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30635

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1171

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  October 1944 to February 1946

  42-101180 - USAAF (USA)


9 October 1944

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

Assigned to the 4th Combat Cargo Group, 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.

18 November 1944

Ferried out of Morrison Field, FL toward Sylhet, Bengal, India.

Crew:
Capt. Grover C. Washabaugh Jr., Pilot
2nd Lt. James L. Wingert, Copilot
SSgt. George A. Linebrink, Crew Chief
Cpl. James T. Gilreath, Radio Operator

4 December 1944

Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.

Mid-December 1944

Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Late December 1944

Moved to Agartala, Tripura, India with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.

January 1945

Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.

June 1945

Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.

7 July 1945

Received major damage in Chengkung, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Wilbur E. Figueira

September 1945

Moved to Ledo, Assam, India with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.

October 1945

Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.

November 1945

Moved to RAF Ondal, Bengal, India with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.

10 February 1946

Condemned for salvage by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.

Last edited: 15/09/2020