Commando 42-61030
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61030
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26905
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU545
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
April 1944 to July 1945
42-61030 - USAAF (USA)
13 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
17 May 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, based at Station 11, Missamari, Assam, India.
25 July 1945
Damaged beyond repair 3 miles northeast of Sahmaw, Burma (fatalities).
Pilot: 1st Lt Lee E. Webb (killed)
26 July 1945
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.