Commando 42-61009
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61009
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26884
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU524
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
April 1944 to November 1944
42-61009 - USAAF (USA)
3 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
1 May 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.
18 November 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: Donald Herbert Leaman (survived)
19 November 1944
Condemned for salvage.