Commando 42-61024
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61024
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26899
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU539
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
April 1944 to July 1944
42-61024 - USAAF (USA)
13 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
11 May 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, based at Station 11, Missamari, Assam, India.
9 July 1944
Damaged beyond repair in the China-Burma-India theatre in an accident following an engine failure.
Pilot: John M. Lear
18 July 1944
Condemned for salvage.