Commando 42-96571

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96571

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30233

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU769

FATE: Written off

  June 1944 to July 1945

  42-96571 - USAAF (USA)

19 June 1944

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

20 August 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

3 February 1945

Received major damage in Luliang, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: John P. Donaldson

7 July 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Lee R. Zerba (survived)

Condemned for salvage, “washout”.