Commando 42-107374
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107374
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27061
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU701
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1944 to October 1945
42-107374 - USAAF (USA)
25 May 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
18 August 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Division, 1252nd AAF Base Unit, Casablanca Anfa, French Morocco.
7 October 1945
Damaged beyond repair at Casablanca Anfa, French Morocco in a takeoff accident (fatalities).
Pilot: Flt Off Jay R. Perry (killed)
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.