Commando 42-107387
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107387
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27074
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU714
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
June 1944 to December 1944
42-107387 - USAAF (USA)
19 June 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
24 July 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
2 December 1944
Went missing near Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China. [MACR 10087]
Pilot: 1st Lt. Reid T. Woodward
The Commando disappeared during a night cargo flight over the Hump.
5 December 1944
Condemned for salvage.