Commando 42-61025
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61025
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26900
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU540
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
April 1944 to June 1944
42-61025 - USAAF (USA)
24 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
2 June 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Wing.
17 June 1944
Damaged beyond repair in the Gulf of Kutch off Navlakhi, Gujarat, India in a forced landing due to fuel exhaustion.
Pilot: Richard L. Snow (survived)
21 June 1944
Condemned for salvage.