Commando 42-96541

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96541

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30203

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU739

FATE: Written off

  July 1944 to March 1945

  42-96541 - USAAF (USA)

1 July 1944

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

27 July 1944

Assigned to ATC Central African Division.

21 August 1944

Received major damage at RAF Al Geneina, Sudan in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Robert H. Rudolph

23 February 1945

Damaged beyond repair 185 km north of RAF Wadi Seidna, Sudan in an accident due to an engine failure (9/9 fatalities).

Pilot: Capt. Harold Billups (pictured)

2 March 1945

Condemned for salvage.