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Commando 42-101045

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101045

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30500

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1036

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1944 to March 1945

  42-101045 - USAAF (USA)


13 September 1944

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

7 November 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

4 December 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, 1328th AAF Base Unit, based in Missamari, Assam, India.

25 March 1945

Destroyed 150 km southwest of Luliang, Yunnan, China after the crew bailed out. [MACR 13455] [or 15 March 1945]

Pilot: Donald W. Chisholm

26 March 1945

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 11/08/2020