Commando 42-101216

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101216

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30671

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1207

FATE: Broken up

  October 1944 to February 1946

  42-101216 - USAAF (USA)

18 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:
John C. Smith Jr., Pilot
Scheiffer, Copilot
Neilson, Crew Chief
Sheridan, Radio Operator

30 November 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.

13 February 1945

Received major damage in Chittagong, Bengal, India in a taxi accident.

Pilot: John C. Smith Jr. (survived)

31 March 1945

Received major damage 100 km east of Chittagong, Bengal, India in a midair collision with Commando 42-101202.

Pilot: John C. Smith Jr.

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.

November 1945

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

10 February 1946

Condemned for salvage by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.