Commando 42-101057
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101057
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30512
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1048
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944 to July 1946
42-101057 - USAAF (USA)
13 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
22 october 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Division, 1264th AAF Base Unit based at Cairo Payne Field, Egypt.
30 March 1945
Damaged at RAF Castel Benito, Libya in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Maj. Gilbert A. Carey
Unknown date
Assigned to Cairo Payne Field, Egypt.
23 July 1946
Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
Last edited: 12/08/2020