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Commando 42-96574

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96574

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30236

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU772

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  June 1944 to February 1945

  42-96574 - USAAF (USA)


30 June 1944

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

20 August 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

22 November 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Paoshan, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Harold L. Reese

8 February 1945

Condemned for salvage.