Commando 42-61034
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61034
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26909
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU549
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
April 1944 to September 1944
42-61034 - USAAF (USA)
15 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
20 May 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Wing.
7 August 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Abadan, Iran in a takeoff accident following an engine failure.
Pilot: Stephen D. Lewis
12 September 1944
Condemned for salvage.