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Commando 42-101153

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101153

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30608

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1144

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1944 to April 1945

  42-101153 - USAAF (USA)


7 October 1944

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

12 November 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

12 April 1945

Damaged beyond repair 7 km north of Mohanbari, Assam, India in a crash landing.

Pilot: Joseph M. Lambert

Condemned for salvage, washout.

Last edited: 24/08/2020