Commando 42-60942
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-60942
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26817
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU457
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
February 1944 to December 1944
42-60942 - USAAF (USA)
21 February 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
19 March 1944
Assigned to ATC India China Wing.
21 July 1944
Condemned for salvage.
31 October 1944
Reinstated.
9 December 1944
Destroyed at Myitkyina South Airfield, Burma in a mid-air explosion due to an onboard fire (5/5 fatalities).
Pilot: Ralph L. Martin
Condemned for salvage.