Commando 42-61068
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61068
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26943
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU583
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
April 1944 to April 1945
42-61068 - USAAF (USA)
19 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY .
30 May 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Wing.
14 June 1944
Assigned to 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile), based at RAF Kalaikunda, Bengal, India. [assumption based on dates, to be confirmed]
31 October 1944
Moved with 2nd Air Transport Squadron to Dergaon, Assam, India. [TBC]
November 1944
Moved with 2nd Air Transport Squadron to Luliang, Yunnan, China. [TBC]
28 February 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Luliang, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.
Pilot: Norman G. Humphreys
During an early morning landing at Luliang, the pilot applied excessive brake and nosed over.
13 April 1945
Condemned for salvage.