Commando 42-61082

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

  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 20^th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2^nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile), based at RAF Kalaikunda, Bengal, India. [assumption based on dates, to be confirmed]

31 October 1944

Moved with 2^nd Air Transport Squadron to Dergaon, Assam, India. [TBC]

November 1944

Moved with 2^nd 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.