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Commando 42-96558

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96558

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30220

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU756

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  July 1944 to March 1945

  42-96558 - USAAF (USA)

1 July 1944

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

Probably assigned to the 2nd Combat Cargo Group based at Syracuse AAB, NY.

10 September 1944

Assigned to Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

23 March 1945

Damaged beyond repair, apparently in combat. [AB, no info on AAIR]

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 05/02/2020