Commando 42-61075
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61075
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26950
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU590
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
Unknown date to April 1944
42-61075 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)
Unknown date
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.
April 1944 to July 1945
42-61075 - USAAF (USA)
25 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
25 May 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Wing.
Unknown date
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing (or Division).
16 July 1945
Destroyed near Yangyi, Yunnan, China [district of Paoshan] after the crew bailed out.
Pilot: Robert H. Lineberger (survived)
18 July 1945
Condemned for salvage.
Last edited: 07/09/2019