Commando 42-101180

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

  October 1944 to February 1946

  42-101180 - USAAF (USA)

9 October 1944

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

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

18 November 1944

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

Crew:
Capt. Grover C. Washabaugh Jr., Pilot
2^nd 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 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Late December 1944

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

January 1945

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

June 1945

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

October 1945

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

November 1945

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

10 February 1946

Condemned for salvage by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.