Commando 42-96594
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96594
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30256
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU792
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
July 1944 to June 1945
42-96594 - USAAF (USA)
20 July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
27 August 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
18 June 1945
Damaged beyond repair near Chabua, Assam, India in an accident after running out of fuel due to weather.
Pilot: 1st Lt Vincent J. Sorge (survived)
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.