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Commando 42-96549

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96549

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30211

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU747

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  June 1944 to December 1944

  42-96549 - USAAF (USA)

27 June 1944

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

26 July 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, 1332nd AAF Base Unit, based at Mohanbari, Assam, India.

19 December 1944

Went missing 20 km northeast of Kunming, Yunnan, China.

Pilot: 1st Lt Kenneth K. Connell (killed)

The Commando apparently crashed in flames, probably killing all onboard.

20 December 1944

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 14/11/2019