Commando 42-60978
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-60978
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26853
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU493
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
April 1944 to February 1946
42-60978 - USAAF (USA)
18 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
30 May 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Wing.
14 June 1944
Assigned to ATC India China Wing, based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.
3 April 1945
Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a landing accident.
Pilot: Ralph D. Snowden
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
8 February 1946
Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.