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Commando 42-61082

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61082

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26957

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU597

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  April 1944 to June 1945

  42-61082 - USAAF (USA)


26 April 1944

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

30 May 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Wing.

14 June 1944

Probably 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]

Mid-1945

Assigned to ATC India China Division. [TBC]

12 June 1945

Damaged beyond repair 80 km northeast of Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China in a landing accident. [MACR 14619]

Pilot: Charles A. Wall

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 08/09/2019