Commando 42-101220

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

  October 1944 to July 1945

  42-101220 - 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.

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 15^th 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 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

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 15^th 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.