Commando 42-101233

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101233

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30688

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1224

FATE: Unknown

  October 1944 to April 1946

  42-101233 - USAAF (USA)

18 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. Harold M. Walker, Pilot
FO John W. Forister Jr., Copilot
Sgt. Alfred J. Wirth, Crew Chief
SSgt. Donald A. Holmes, Radio Operator

5 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.

26 February 1945

Received major damage in Chittagong, Bengal, India in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Capt. Harold L. Walker

[accident probably linked with Commando 42-101235]

June 1945

Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

September 1945

Moved to Ledo, Assam, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

October 1945

Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

November 1945

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

  April 1946 to early 1955

  42-101233 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

10 April 1946

Purchased. [29 April 1946 according to JB]

  Early 1955 to late 1955

  N????? - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)

Early 1955

Probably purchased from the Indian Government, ferried to the USA and refurbished.

  Late 1955 to January 1956

  YV-C-ARU (II) - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)

Late 1955

Purchased, but not taken up.

Probably stored at New York Idlewild, NY.

[not to be confused with Commando 42-61071 which may have borne the same registration - possibly used twice?]

  January 1956 to unknown date

  YV-C-ARU (II) - FLORIDA AIRCRAFT LEASING CORPORATION (USA)

11 January 1956

Purchased.

Fate unknown.