Commando 42-61037

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61037

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26912

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU552

FATE: Written off

  April 1944 to May 1945

  42-61037 - USAAF (USA)

21 April 1944

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

30 May 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Wing.

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1326^th AAF Base Unit, based at Lalmonirhat, Bengal, India.

30 March 1945

Received minor damage in Tingkawk Sakan, Burma in a landing accident.

Pilot: Ralph R. Rissman

9 May 1945

Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Leslie W. Pfeil (survived)

31 May 1945

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

Pilot: Thomas O. McCleaster (survived)

Condemned for salvage, “washout”.