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Commando 42-61032

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61032

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26907

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU547

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  April 1944 to November 1944

  42-61032 - USAAF (USA)


24 April 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

17 May 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

16 November 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Chanyi, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: John E. Frankson

18 November 1944

Condemned for salvage.