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Commando 42-101172

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101172

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30627

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1163

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1944 to February 1945

  42-101172 - USAAF (USA)


9 October 1944

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

4 December 1944

Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.

Probably assigned to the 10th Air Force, 4th Combat Cargo Group.

26 February 1945

Damaged beyond repair in unknown circumstances.

Condemned for salvage, personnel failure.

Last edited: 27/08/2020