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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”.