Commando 42-61081
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
April 1944 to August 1944
42-61081 - USAAF (USA)
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 80th Air Depot Group, 80th 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.
Last edited: 08/09/2019