Commando 42-96550
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96550
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30212
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU748
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
June 1944 to April 1945
42-96550 - USAAF (USA)
24 June 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
25 July 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
19 September 1944
Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a ground accident while being operated by the ground crew.
5 April 1945
Destroyed over the China-Burma-India theatre after the crew bailed out due to weather.
Pilot: Frederick W. Kirk
Condemned for salvage.