Commando 42-101117
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101117
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30572
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1108
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944 to January 1946
42-101117 - USAAF (USA)
21 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
26 October 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Division, 1252nd AAF Base Unit based at Casablanca Anfa, French Morocco.
30 December 1944
Damaged at Cairo Payne Field, Egypt in a taxi accident.
Pilot: W. L. Grafton
2 April 1945
Damaged at Marrakech Menara, French Morocco in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Frank Eichman
Unknown date
Assigned to Cairo Payne Field, Egypt.
7 January 1946
Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
Last edited: 22/08/2020