Commando 42-101225
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101225
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30680
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1216
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
October 1944 to August 1945
42-101225 - USAAF (USA)
18 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to the 4th Combat Cargo Group, 13th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Bowman Field, KY.
12 November 1944
Ferried from Morrison Field, FL to Sylhet, Bengal, India.
Crew:
1st Lt. Edmund J. Konopka, Pilot
2nt Lt. Jacob F. Etter, Copilot
Sgt. Harold R. Rasey, Crew Chief
Sgt. Harold G. Sayrs, Radio Operator
29 November 1944
Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.
Early December 1944
Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 13th 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 13th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Late January 1945
Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 13th Combat Cargo Squadron.
February 1945
Transported men, mules, and boats to support the Allied crossing of the Irrawaddy River, Burma.
May 1945
Dropped Gurkha paratroops during the assault on Rangoon.
June 1945
Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 13th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Transported ammunition, gasoline, mules, and men to China.
13 August 1945
Damaged beyond repair 25 km south of Namponmao, Burma in an accident due to an engine failure.
Pilot: 1st Lt. Victor H. Haag (pictured, killed)
14 August 1945
Condemned for salvage, crash.