Commando 42-101196
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101196
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30651
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1187
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
October 1944 to August 1946
42-101196 - USAAF (USA)
13 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to the 4th Combat Cargo Group, 14th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Bowman Field, KY.
Mid-November 1944
Ferried from Morrison Field, FL to Sylhet, Bengal, India.
Crew:
1st Lt. Stanley J. Bengtson, Pilot
2nd Lt. Henry L. Helmink, Copilot
Sgt. David E. Powers Jr., Crew Chief
Sgt. Robert B. Moses, Radio Operator
30 November 1944
Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.
Damaged in Sylhet, Bengal, India in a taxi accident. [date discrepancy?]
Crew: as above.
Early December 1944
Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 14th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Transported reinforcements and supplies for Allied forces in Burma.
Late December 1944
Transported material and equipment for the Ledo Road.
Early January 1945
Moved to Agartala, Tripura, India with the 14th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Late January 1945
Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 14th 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.
June 1945
Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 14th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Transported ammunition, gasoline, mules, and men to China.
November 1945
Moved to RAF Ondal, Bengal, India with the 14th Combat Cargo Squadron.
ca 1946
Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.
1 August 1946
Excluded from inventory.