Commando 42-96780

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-1-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96780

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30442

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU978

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to January 1945

  42-96780 - USAAF (USA)

16 September 1944

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

Assigned to the 2^nd Combat Cargo Group, 8^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Baer Field, IN.

Ferried from Fairfield-Suisun AAB, CA to Nadzab Field, Australian New Guinea.

Crew:
1^st Lt. Gabriel A. Hartl, Pilot
2^nd Lt. James R. Farrell, Copilot

29 October 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

November 1944

Moved to Finschhafen Dreger Field, Australian New Guinea with the 8^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

4 January 1945

Damaged beyond repair in unknown circumstances. [no info on AAIR]

Condemned for salvage.