Commando 42-60946
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-60946
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26821
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU461
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
March 1944 to November 1944
42-60946 - USAAF (USA)
24 March 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
16 April 1944
Assigned to ATC India China Wing.
28 November 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.
Pilot: Charles R. Criswell (survived and later retired as a USAF Lt Col)
29 November 1944
Condemned for salvage.