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Commando 42-101112

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101112

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30567

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1103

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1944 to July 1945

  42-101112 - USAAF (USA)


18 September 1944

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

23 November 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

8 December 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1332nd AAF Base Unit based in Mohanbari, Assam, India.

2 July 1945

Went missing over Burma following an engine failure in bad weather. [MACR 14699]

Pilot: Sidney L. Kirby

3 July 1945

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 21/08/2020