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.