Commando 42-61076

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61076

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26951

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU591

FATE: Broken up

April 1944 to January 1946

42-61076 - USAAF (USA)

24 April 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

22 May 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Wing.

13 May 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing. [but seems to have kept on flying in Africa]

26 September 1944

Received major damage in Casablanca, French Morocco in a taxi accident while being operated by ground crew.

30 October 1945

Received major damage in Panagarh, Bengal, India in a taxi accident.

Pilot: William G. Quinn

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

23 January 1946

Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.