Commando 42-101198
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101198
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30653
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1189
FATE: Preserved
Operational Record
October 1944 to April 1946
42-101198 - USAAF (USA)
16 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. Otha R. Rains, Pilot
2nd Lt. Gerald L. Brock, Copilot
Cpl. Claude E. Davis, Crew Chief
Sgt. Abraham Weinberger, Radio Operator
30 November 1944
Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.
Early December 1944
Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 14th 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 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.
April 1946 to October 1954
42-101198 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)
10 April 1946
Purchased. [also quoted as 4 October 1946]
1950
Withdrawn from use, stored.
October 1954 to July 1956
N68851 - BORGES TILLOTSON AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
18 October 1954
Purchased by Stephen F. Williams of Sacramento, CA for Borges Tillotson.
12 January 1955
Registered.
Unknown date
Ferried from India to the USA via London, UK.
13 May 1955
Registration cancelled, exported to Colombia.
1957 to 1963
CC-CND - TRANSA CHILE (CHILE)
1957
Purchased. [probably registered CC-CND-0471]
11 March 1959
Damaged in Santiago, Chile in an accident.
1963 to late 1975
CC-CDC - LASA (LINEA AEREA SUD AMERICANA) (CHILE)
1963
Purchased.
1973
Withdrawn from use and stored in Miami, FL.
Right: CC-CND already with LASA, but not yet reregistered CC-CDC, unknown location, circa 1963.
Photo credit: Brian Stainer / NA3T
Late 1975 to 1984
CC-CDC - PRIVATE (UNKNOWN)
Late 1975
Purchased by Victor Salas.
1976
Stored at Opa Locka, FL.
From top to bottom and left to right:
1. CC-CDC recently arrived at Opa Locka, FL in October 1977.
Photo credit: Geoff Goodall / www.goodall.com.au
2. The same in early 1978.
Photo credit: Joop de Groot / www.airhistory.net
3. CC-CDC now standing in the grass, propless, in October 1978.
Photo credit: Richard Werno / www.airliners.net
4. The same, 15 July 1979.
Photo credit: Paul Thallon / www.airliners.net
5. A few months later in November 1979.
Photo credit: Phillip Dawe / Flickr
6. Still at Opa Locka with titles almost gone, on 18 February 1981.
Photo credit: Trevor Davies / Air Britain
7. In September 1981, with ailerons and rudder trim gone, but with new props! Under restauration?
Photo credit: Bob Groenendijk / www.airliners.net
1986 to August 1991
HH-DGA - HAITI AIR FREIGHT (HAITI)
1986
Purchased.
1990
Withdrawn from use and stored, probably in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Right: HH-DGA stored in Port-au-Prince with the left engine missing.
Photo credit: Larry Johnson / AV.CA
August 1991 to present
42-101198 - USAF (USA)
27 August 1991
Purchased by the National Museum of the USAF at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Unknown date
Loaned to the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB, GA.
Displayed outside in original colors with buzz number "S" / "198" and christened "Georgia Peach" (the latter removed by 2005).
By 2009
Displayed indoors.
Left and below:
1. 42-101198's cockpit.
Photo credit: USAF Museum
2. "Georgia Peach" seen at Robins AFB on 21 October 2001.
Photo credit: Alexander Schelbergen / Air Britain
3. 42-101198 still outside, repainted and nose art removed, 8 May 2005.
Photo credit: Rod Dermo / www.jetphotos.com
4. "198" on 20 March 2007.
Photo credit: Thomas P. McManus / www.jetphotos.com
5. Finally sheltered, 42-101198 in 2012 still at Robins AFB.
Photo credit: Philip Cole / Flickr
Last edited: 21/12/2020