Commando 42-101205

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101205

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30660

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1196

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to June 1945

  42-101205 - USAAF (USA)

14 October 1944

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

Assigned to the 4^th Combat Cargo Group, 15^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Bowman Field, KY.

November 1944

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

Crew:
1^st Lt. Franklin B. Purviance II, Pilot
Reed, Copilot
Currie, Crew Chief
Denove, Radio Operator

1 December 1944

Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.

Early December 1944

Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 15^th 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 15^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Late January 1945

Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 15^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 15^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

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

24 June 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Pajao, Burma in an accident (at least 3 fatalities). [unidentified location, possibly Phayao, Thailand]

Crew (all killed):
1^st Lt. Franklin B. Purviance II, Pilot
Currie, Crew Chief
Denove, Radio Operator

26 June 1945

Condemned for salvage.