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Commando 42-107383

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107383

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27070

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU710

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  June 1944 to September 1944

  42-107383 - USAAF (USA)


20 June 1944

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

20 August 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1332nd AAF Base Unit, Mohanbari, Assam, India.

25 September 1944

Went missing between Chengkung, Yunnan, China and Mohanbari, Assam, India (3/3 missing). [MACR 8718]

Crew:
2nd Lt. Alonzo H. Ridgell, Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald E. Wilt, Copilot
Cpl Guy J. Dillon, Radio Operator

The Commando was operating a cargo flight between Chengkung, Yunnan, China and Mohanbari, Assam, India. The crew was last contacted by radio and was not seen nor heard from again.

26 September 1944

Condemned for salvage.

21 February 1946

Crew declared dead.