Commando 42-96811

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96811

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30473

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1009

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to April 1945

  42-96811 - USAAF (USA)

27 September 1944

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

Assigned to the 2^nd Combat Cargo Group, 7^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. Guy E. Lowe, Pilot
2^nd Lt. William O. Kirk, Copilot

1 November 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Late 1944

Moved to Biak AAF, Papua, Dutch East Indies with the 7^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

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

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

6 April 1945

Damaged beyond repair and condemned for salvage.