Commando 42-61031
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61031
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26906
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU546
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
April 1944 to July 1945
42-61031 - USAAF (USA)
3 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
4 May 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.
9 June 1945
Assigned to ATC North African Division.
30 July 1945
Damaged beyond repair at Tripoli Mellaha AB, Libya in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: Robert I. Campbell Jr
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.