Commando 42-107375

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107375

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27062

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU702

FATE: Written off

  May 1944 to July 1945

  42-107375 - USAAF (USA)

30 May 1944

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

12 July 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC India China Division, Assam Wing, based at Station 3, Tejgaon, Bengal, India. [AAIR]

26 July 1944

Received minor damage at Tejgaon, Bengal, India in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Richard D. Aaland (pictured, survived)

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC North African Division, 1266th AAF Base Unit, Abadan, Iran.

27 July 1945

Damaged beyond repair 50 km southeast of Sharjah in an accident (fatalities).

Pilot: Flt Off William G. Harding (pictured, killed)

27 April 1945

Condemned for salvage, “washout”. [dates discrepancy, probably a typo]