Commando 42-96573
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96573
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30235
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU771
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
June 1944 to April 1945
42-96573 - USAAF (USA)
24 June 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
20 August 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
11 April 1945
Damaged beyond repair somewhere in the China-Burma-India theatre in a landing accident.
Pilot: Harold H. Canter Jr
13 April 1945
Condemned for salvage.