Commando 42-96819

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96819

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30481

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1017

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to January 1945

  42-96819 - USAAF (USA)

20 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. John W. Surpprise Jr., Pilot
2^nd Lt. Walter B. Sloan, Copilot

2 November 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.

30 January 1945

Damaged beyond repair and condemned for salvage.