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Commando 42-61065

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61065

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26940

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU580

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  April 1944 to May 1945

  42-61065 - USAAF (USA)


18 April 1944

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

14 June 1944

Assigned to 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 3rd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile), based at RAF Kalaikunda, Bengal, India.

November 1944

Moved with 3rd Air Transport Squadron to Dergaon, Assam, India.

14 January 1945

Moved with 3rd Air Transport Squadron to Sookerating, Assam, India.

21 February 1945

Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Lt Arthur J. Sauer (survived)

Mid-1945

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

31 May 1945

Damaged beyond repair 1.5 km northeast of Sookerating, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Audrey R. Knox

30 May 1945

Condemned for salvage, “washout”. [dates discrepancy]

Last edited: 05/09/2019