Commando 42-101211

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101211

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30666

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1202

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to March 1945

  42-101211 - USAAF (USA)

16 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.

Christened "Smiley's Airlines".

November 1944

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

Crew:
Monroe, Pilot
Pedalino, Copilot
Seal, Crew Chief
Youngman, Radio Operator

8 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.

11 March 1945

Flew supplies to Andaw, Burma. [unidentified location]

15 March 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Myitche, Burma (today Myit Chay) in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Lt. Richard P. Rosenthal (survived)

19 March 1945

Condemned for salvage.