Commando 42-96784

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96784

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30446

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU982

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to March 1945

  42-96784 - USAAF (USA)

15 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. Raymond A. Renuart, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Zach H. Rougon Jr., 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.

January 1945

Moved to Biak AAF, Papua, Dutch East Indies with the 8^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Involved in the transport of supplies and troops to American and Filipino forces in the Philippines.

5 March 1945

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

Condemned for salvage.