Commando 42-101210
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101210
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30665
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1201
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
October 1944 to January 1946
42-101210 - USAAF (USA)
17 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:
Jamison, Pilot
Dennis R. Carlton, Copilot
Bickman, Crew Chief
Yurth, Radio Operator
1 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.
Late January 1945
Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 15th Combat Cargo Squadron.
February 1945
Transported men, mules, and boats to support the Allied crossing of the Irrawaddy River, Burma.
22 March 1945
Received major damage in Chittagong, Bengal, India in a landing accident.
Pilot: Dugald E. Wilson Jr. (survived, retired a USAF Colonel after flying in Korea and Vietnam)
May 1945
Dropped Gurkha paratroops during the assault on Rangoon.
June 1945
Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 15th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Transported ammunition, gasoline, mules, and men to China.
November 1945
Moved to RAF Ondal, Bengal, India with the 15th Combat Cargo Squadron.
23 January 1946
Condemned for salvage by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission. [erroneously quoted as crashed by most sources]
Last edited: 17/09/2020