Commando 42-101228

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101228

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30683

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1219

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to February 1945

  42-101228 - USAAF (USA)

20 October 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Assigned to the 4^th Combat Cargo Group, 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

18 November 1944

Ferried out of Morrison Field, FL toward Sylhet, Bengal, India.

Crew:
Capt. Walter K. Goss Jr., Pilot
2^nd Lt. David L. Rusmisel, Copilot
Cpl. Charles D. Snyder Jr., Crew Chief
Sgt. Lawrence R. Shortt, Radio Operator

16 December 1944

Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.

Mid-December 1944

Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Late December 1944

Moved to Agartala, Tripura, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

January 1945

Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

5 February 1945

Damaged beyond repair 25 km north of Budalin, Burma in an accident following an engine failure (3/3 fatalities).

Crew:
Capt. Walter K. Goss Jr., Pilot (pictured, killed)
2^nd Lt. William A. Thayer Jr., Copilot
Sgt. Charles D. Snyder Jr., Crew Chief

The Commando crashed after suffering an engine failure, and was destroyed by fire.

9 February 1945

Condemned for salvage.