Commando 42-101042

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101042

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30497

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1033

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to March 1945

  42-101042 - USAAF (USA)

13 September 1944

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

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.

Mid September 1944

Assigned to the 2^nd Combat Cargo Group, 5^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Syracuse AAB, NY.

26 September 1944

Received major damage in Cheyenne, WY in a landing accident.

Pilot: Ralph E. Bickerson

1 October 1944

Surveyed at Lowry Field. [AB mentions United Air Lines?]

23 October 1944

Condemned for salvage as Class 26.

6 March 1945

Surveyed.

30 March 1945

Reclamation completed.