Commando 42-61020
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61020
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26895
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU535
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
April 1944 to January 1945
42-61020 - USAAF (USA)
6 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
4 July 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.
30 August 1944
Received major damage in Chengkung, Yunnan, China in a ground loop.
Pilot: Craig M. Jones
15 January 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Chanyi, Yunnan, China in a crash landing (no fatalities).
Pilot: Charles T. Jervis Jr (pictured)
16 January 1945
Condemned for salvage.