Commando 42-101181

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101181

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30636

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1172

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to May 1945

  42-101181 - USAAF (USA)

9 October 1944

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

Assigned to the 4^th Combat Cargo Group, 13^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Bowman Field, KY.

12 November 1944

Ferried from Morrison Field, FL to Sylhet, Bengal, India.

Crew:
Capt. Jesse W. Lankford Jr., Pilot
2^nd Lt. Robert C. Hiatt, Copilot
Pfc. Robert A. Fulton, Crew Chief
SSgt. Charles W. Sanders, Radio Operator

28 November 1944

Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.

Early December 1944

Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 13^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Transported reinforcements and supplies for Allied forces in Burma.

December 1944

Transported material and equipment for the Ledo Road.

Early January 1945

Moved to Agartala, Tripura, India with the 13^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Late January 1945

Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 13^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

February 1945

Transported men, mules, and boats to support the Allied crossing of the Irrawaddy River, Burma.

May 1945

Dropped Gurkha paratroops during the assault on Rangoon.

24 May 1945

Destroyed 72 km southeast of Cox's Bazar, Bengal, India after the crew bailed out due to weather.

Pilot: Irvin A. Row

30 May 1945

Condemned for salvage.