Commando 42-61041

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61041

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26916

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU556

FATE: Unknown

  April 1944 to February 1946

  42-61041 - USAAF (USA)

25 April 1944

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

20 May 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

18 July 1945

Received major damage in Luliang, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Martin J. Aden (survived)

The Commando landed with the external strut brace on the right main gear broken. This caused the aircraft to crash into embankment on the side of the runway.

Condemned for salvage, but probably later reinstated.

7 February 1946

Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commisson.