Commando 42-101196

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

  October 1944 to August 1946

  42-101196 - USAAF (USA)

13 October 1944

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

Assigned to the 4^th Combat Cargo Group, 14^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Bowman Field, KY.

Mid-November 1944

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

Crew:
1^st Lt. Stanley J. Bengtson, Pilot
2^nd 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 14^th 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 14^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Late January 1945

Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 14^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.

June 1945

Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 14^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Transported ammunition, gasoline, mules, and men to China.

November 1945

Moved to RAF Ondal, Bengal, India with the 14^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

ca 1946

Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.

1 August 1946

Excluded from inventory.