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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.42 61020 1

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.