Commando 42-61046

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61046

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26921

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU561

FATE: Written off

  April 1944 to January 1945

  42-61046 - USAAF (USA)

25 April 1944

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

27 May 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

6 January 1945

Damaged beyond repair near Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China in an accident following an engine failure (0/3 fatalities).

Pilot: Louis Matuska

Enroute, an engine failure forced the crew to attempt an emergency landing. The Commando came to rest in a field 30 km northwest of Yunnanyi and was damaged beyond repair. All three crew were unhurt.

7 January 1945

Condemned for salvage.