Commando 42-101213

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101213

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30668

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1204

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to February 1945

  42-101213 - 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:
Lt. Richard P. Rosenthal, Pilot
Lt. George L. Witt, Copilot
Marchand, Crew Chief
Kreig, 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.

14 February 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Sinthe, Burma in a landing accident. [unidentified location, possibly Sagaing, Burma]

Pilot: Lt. George L. Witt (survived)

17 February 1945

Condemned for salvage.