Commando 42-101199

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101199

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30654

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1190

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to July 1945

  42-101199 - USAAF (USA)

11 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. William L. Sebring, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Claude R. Doak, Copilot
SSgt. Giacomo J. DeRasmo, Crew Chief
Sgt. Eugene Weinberger, Radio Operator

30 November 1944

Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.

Early December 1944

Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 14^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Transported reinforcements and supplies for Allied forces in Burma.

December 1944

Transported material and equipment for the Ledo Road.

Unknown date

Transferred to the 15^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Early January 1945

Moved to Agartala, Tripura, India.

Late January 1945

Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India.

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.

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

24 July 1945

Destroyed near Lashio, Burma after the crew bailed out due to an engine fire (0/4 fatalities).

Pilot: Lt. Edward H. Garretson [probably Edward A. Garretson]

Two versions of this accident exist. According to AAIR, an engine caught fire and the crew bailed out. However, according to COMCAR, the Commando crashed on takeoff from a short runway and burnt.

27 July 1945

Condemned for salvage.