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Commando 42-61063

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61063

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26938

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU578

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  April 1944 to April 1945

  42-61063 - USAAF (USA)

4 May 1944

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

25 May 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Wing.

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing [or Division].

23 March 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Shingbwiyang, Burma in a crash landing.

Pilot: David A. Field

18 April 1945

Condemned for salvage.