Commando 42-61067
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61067
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26942
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU582
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
April 1944 to September 1944
42-61067 - USAAF (USA)
21 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
18 May 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, based at Station 11, Missamari, Assam, India.
17 September 1944
Went missing over China-Burma-India theatre (3/3 missing)
Crew:
2nd Lt Robert W. Tinsley, Pilot
1st Lt Charles M. Adams, Copilot
Pvt Andrew E. Rajnic, Radio
The Commando took off from Chanyi, Yunnan, China on a flight back to its Missamari, Assam, India base. It crashed possibly due to the continuous rain, thunderstorms, overcast layer and icing that was observed that day between 16,000 and 20,000 ft. The entire crew was lost.
30 September 1944
Condemned for salvage.
2009
Wreckage found near Ligok Kayi, Arunachal Pradesh, India, but no crew remains.