Commando 42-101190

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101190

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30645

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1181

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to March 1945

  42-101190 - 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:
1^st Lt. William J. Healy, Pilot
2^nd Lt. John B. Campbell, Copilot
Cpl. William B. Hanbery, Crew Chief
SSgt. William P. Florence Jr., 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.

19 March 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Chittagong, Bengal, India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: William J. Healy (survived)

21 March 1945

Condemned for salvage.