Commando 42-60987
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-60987
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26862
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU502
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
April 1944 to July 1945
42-60987 - USAAF (USA)
5 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
21 April 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Wing.
1 May 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.
19 May 1944
Received minor damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a ground accident.
Pilot: Lt. Felix A. Wojcik (survived)
23 July 1945
Received severe damage in Chengkung, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.
Pilot: Rodney D. Marchetti
26 July 1945
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.