Commando 42-96597

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96597

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30259

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU795

FATE: Written off

  July 1944 to January 1945

  42-96597 - USAAF (USA)

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1 July 1944

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

31 July 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

28 August 1944

Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Joseph W. Whitney

15 January 1945

Went missing over India (3/3 fatalities).

Crew:
2^nd Lt Wayne C. Watts, Pilot
1^st Lt Melvin H. Coughenour, Copilot
PFC Gerald D. Schmoker

The Commando was found a few days later crashed in Bangfor, Assam, India, with the whole crew dead onboard.

17 January 1945

Condemned for salvage.