Commando 42-61055

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61055

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26930

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU570

FATE: Written off

  April 1944 to July 1945

  42-61055 - USAAF (USA)

19 April 1944

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

30 May 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Wing.

14 June 1944

Assigned to 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2^nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile), based at RAF Kalaikunda, Bengal, India.

31 October 1944

Moved with 2^nd Air Transport Squadron to Dergaon, Assam, India.

November 1944

Moved with 2^nd Air Transport Squadron to Luliang, Yunnan, China.

Mid-1945

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

10 July 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Chabua, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Thomas S. Weiton

Condemned for salvage, “washout”.

Right: a crew standing in front of 42-61055. In the back row, 2^nd & 3^rd from left are Lt. Glankler (pilot) & SSgt Howard McWhorter (crew chief).
Photo credit: Howard McWhorter / www.cbi-history.com

Below: 42-61055 in Chabua, after the crash.
Photo credit: USAF