Commando 42-96552

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96552

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30214

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU750

FATE: Written off

  June 1944 to May 1945

  42-96552 - USAAF (USA)

24 June 1944

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

2 August 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, 1337th AAF Base Unit, based at Sookerating, Assam, India.

18 April 1945

Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Thomas C. Hammond

16 May 1945

Damaged beyond repair 5 km southwest of Sookerating, Assam, India in an accident (fatalities).

Pilot: 1^st Lt Julius W. Rabinowitz (killed)

17 May 1945

Condemned for salvage, “washout”.