Commando 42-96551

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96551

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30213

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU749

FATE: Written off

  June 1944 to September 1944

  42-96551 - USAAF (USA)

23 June 1944

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

31 July 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

28 September 1944

Went missing near Sookerating, Assam, India (0/5 fatalities).

Pilot: Dale E. Hansel

The crew bailed out 10 km southwest of Sookerating after encountering a mechanical failure. The aircraft was destroyed.

30 September 1944

Condemned for salvage.