Commando 42-101235

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101235

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30690

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1226

FATE: Broken up

  October 1944 to April 1946

  42-101235 - 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. James R. Renfro, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Harald E. Rasmussen, Copilot
Cpl. Robert E. Spencer, Crew Chief
SSgt. Lloyd C. Dick, Radio Operator

4 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: 1^st Lt. James R. Renfro

[accident probably linked with Commando 42-101233]

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.

Early 1946

Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.

  April 1946 to January 1961

  42-101235 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)

15 April 1946

Purchased.

1949

Evacuated to Taiwan.

  January 1961 to May 1976

  91-1140 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)

January 1961

Purchased.

1973

Converted to EC-46D and assigned to the Air Defense Command, Electronic Counter Measures Squadron based at Iruma AB, Japan.

Used for electronic warfare training.

10 May 1976

Broken up.

Below, left: 91-1140 landing at Chitose AB, Japan on 28 August 1972.
Photo credit: gonavy.jp

Below, right: 91-1140 parked at Iruma AB, Japan in 1975.
Photo credit: Jun Oizumi / Flickr

Bottom, left: 91-1140, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: Kev Curtis / Flickr

Bottom, right: the same at Iruma AB on 2 May 1975
Photo credit: Matsumi Wada / Cloud 9 Photography