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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.