Commando 42-101197
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101197
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30652
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1188
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
October 1944 to December 1944
42-101197 - USAAF (USA)
11 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to the 4th Combat Cargo Group, 13th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Bowman Field, KY.
12 November 1944
Ferried from Morrison Field, FL to Sylhet, Bengal, India.
Crew:
2nd Lt. Wallace M. Buell, Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald V. Kral, Copilot
Pfc. William G. Burmester, Crew Chief
Sgt. Valdon J. Lachance, Radio Operator
28 November 1944
Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.
Early December 1944
Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 13th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Transported reinforcements and supplies for Allied forces in Burma.
December 1944
Transported material and equipment for the Ledo Road.
19 December 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Yazagyo, Burma in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: 2nd Lt. Wallace M. Buell (survived, retired a USAF Lt. Col. after flying in the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War)
28 December 1944
Condemned for salvage.