Commando 42-107393

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107393

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27080

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU720

FATE: Written off

  June 1944 to April 1946

  42-107393 - USAAF (USA)

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20 June 1944

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

4 August 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

   April 1946 to July 1957

  42-107393 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

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10 April 1946

Purchased.

  July 1957 to unknown date

  N????? - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)

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July 1957

Purchased.

20 September 1957

Damaged beyond repair near Panagarh, Bengal, India (0/2 fatalities).

On final approach to Panagarh, the Commando crashed in a rice paddy located 5 km short of the runway. Both pilots were injured while the aircraft was written off.

  Unknown dates

  PP-LEI - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)

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Unknown date

Not taken up as a result of the accident.