Commando 42-96826

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96826

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30488

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1024

FATE: Broken up

  September 1944 to unknown date

  42-96826 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)

8 September 1944

Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.

  Unknown date to February 1946

  42-96826 - USAAF (USA)

Unknown date

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

Assigned to the 4^th Combat Cargo Group, 14^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Bowman Field, KY.

Mid-November 1944

Ferried from Morrison Field, FL to Sylhet, Bengal, India.

Crew:
Capt. George R. Teskey, Pilot
2^nd Lt. George Rowland, Copilot
SSgt. John J. DeRasmo, Crew Chief
Sgt. Leon Weisfeld, Radio Operator

2 December 1944

Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.

Early December 1944

Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 14^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Transported reinforcements and supplies for Allied forces in Burma.

9 December 1944

Damaged in Sylhet, Bengal, India in a taxi accident.

Pilot: John J. DeRasmo (probably a typo, he was a Crew Chief)

December 1944

Transported material and equipment for the Ledo Road.

Early January 1945

Moved to Agartala, Tripura, India with the 14^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Late January 1945

Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 14^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

February 1945

Transported men, mules, and boats to support the Allied crossing of the Irrawaddy River, Burma.

May 1945

Dropped Gurkha paratroops during the assault on Rangoon.

June 1945

Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 14^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Transported ammunition, gasoline, mules, and men to China.

November 1945

Moved to RAF Ondal, Bengal, India with the 14^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

8 February 1946

Condemned for salvage by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.