Commando 42-61065

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

  April 1944 to May 1945

  42-61065 - USAAF (USA)

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18 April 1944

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

14 June 1944

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

November 1944

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

14 January 1945

Moved with 3^rd 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]