Commando 42-96559
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96559
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30221
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU757
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
June 1944 to January 1945
42-96559 - USAAF (USA)
27 June 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
28 July 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, based at Station 7, Sookerating, Assam, India.
7 January 1945
Went missing over the China-Burma-India theatre.
Pilot: John F. Olson
Condemned for salvage.