Commando 42-101220
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101220
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30675
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1211
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
October 1944 to July 1945
42-101220 - USAAF (USA)
16 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:
Charles G. Romine, Pilot
Minton, Copilot
Cart, Crew Chief
Sanchez, Radio Operator
30 November 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.
11 December 1944
Damaged in Sylhet, Bengal, India in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Charles G. Romine
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.
14 February 1945
Received major damage in Sinthe, Burma in a landing accident. [unidentified location, probably Sagaing, Burma]
Pilot: Charles G. Romine
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.
25 July 1945
Destroyed 80 km east of Mengla, Yunnan, China after the crew bailed out due to an engine failure. [wrongly spelled "Mengsa"]
Pilot: Richard W. Schmidt (survived)
28 July 1945
Condemned for salvage, missing.