Commando 42-61081

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61081

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26956

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU596

FATE: Written off

  April 1944 to August 1944

  42-61081 - USAAF (USA)

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29 April 1944

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

15 May 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

22 May 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Wing, based at Station 7, Cairo Payne Field, Egypt.

23 June 1944

Received major damage in Pasni, Baluchistan, India in crash-landing on the belly after running out of fuel.

Pilot: Mark Schlossman

Mid-1944

Assigned to the 80^th Air Depot Group, 80^th Repair Squadron based in Karachi, Sindh, India - probably for repairs.

4 July 1944

Damaged beyond repair somewhere in India in a landing accident. [possibly during a maintenance ferry between Pasni and Karachi?]

Pilot: Donald W. Mueller (survived)

5 August 1944

Condemned for salvage.