Commando 42-60976
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-60976
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26851
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU491
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
Unknown date to March 1944
42-60976 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)
Unknown date
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.
March 1944 to April 1946
42-60976 - USAAF (USA)
27 March 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
2 May 1944
Assigned to ATC India China Wing.
Unknown date
Assigned to 4th Combat Cargo Group, 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
7 May 1945
Received major damage in Chittagong, Bengal, India in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: Francis A. Gannon
June 1945
Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
September 1945
Moved to Ledo, Assam, India with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
October 1945
Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
November 1945
Moved to RAF Ondal, Bengal, India with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Early 1946
Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.
April 1946 to unknown date
????? - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
15 April 1946
Purchased.
1948
Withdrawn from use.
Last edited: 16/09/2020