Commando 42-107377
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107377
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27064
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU704
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
June 1944 to February 1945
42-107377 - USAAF (USA)
1 June 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
13 July 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Division.
23 February 1945
Damaged beyond repair at Casablanca Anfa, French Morocco in an accident after takeoff (13/30 fatalities).
Pilot: 1st Lt. Stanley E. Indyk
Shortly after takeoff from Casablanca Anfa, while climbing, the aircraft stalled and crashed 3 km from the airfield. 13 occupants were killed while 17 others were injured.
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.