Commando 42-107393
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
June 1944 to April 1946
42-107393 - USAAF (USA)
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 July 1957 to unknown date
N????? - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)
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)
Unknown date
Not taken up as a result of the accident.
Last edited: 22/10/2019