Commando 42-96544

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96544

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30206

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU742

FATE: Written off

  July 1944 to February 1945

  42-96544 - USAAF (USA)

6 July 1944

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

25 July 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

18 February 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Abadan, Iran in an accident (4/4 fatalities).

Crew:
1^st Lt Richard A. Wheelus (pictured)
1^st Lt Samuel B. Isbell
2^nd Lt George H. Hafford
Cpl Joseph Brine

20 February 1945

Condemned for salvage, “washout”.