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Commando 42-101130

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101130

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30585

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1121

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1944 to August 1945

  42-101121 - USAAF (USA)


27 September 1944

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

21 November 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

5 December 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

8 March 1945

Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Jack L. Hudson

26 August 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Missamari, Assam, India in an accident due to weather.

Pilot: Cecil F. Reich (survived)

Condemned for salvage, washout.