Commando 42-101232

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101232

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30687

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1223

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to March 1945

  42-101232 - 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:
1^st Lt. Richard E. Park, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Charles H. Whitmore, Copilot
Sgt. Benjamin J. Filer, Crew Chief
SSgt. Robert W. Richardson, Radio Operator

8 January 1945

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.

9 March 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Sinthe, Burma in a takeoff accident. [unidentified location, probably Sagaing, Burma]

Crew:
2^nd Lt. Harald E. Rasmussen, Pilot (killed)
SSgt. Robert W. Richardson, Radio Operator (killed)
... and probably two more crewmembers who survived

12 March 1945

Condemned for salvage, accident.