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Commando 42-101208

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101208

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30663

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1199

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1944 to January 1945

  42-101208 - USAAF (USA)


18 October 1944

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

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

November 1944

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

Crew:
Daugherty, Pilot
Morgan, Copilot
Daubert, Crew Chief
McCrary, Radio Operator

2 December 1944

Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.

Early December 1944

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

14 January 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Agartala, Tripura, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Paul R. Larsen

26 January 1945

Condemned for salvage.