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.