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