Commando 42-96608
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96608
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30270
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU806
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
August 1944 to June 1945
42-96608 - USAAF (USA)
2 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
4 October 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, 1333rd AAF Base Unit, based at Chabua, Assam, India.
23 November 1944
Damaged in Sookerating, Assam, India in a taxi accident.
Pilot: 2nd Lt Thomas A. Hellander
27 June 1945
Destroyed 23 km east of Paoshan, Yunnan, China after the crew bailed out following an engine failure.
Pilot: 1st Lt John E. Snedegar (survived)
Condemned for salvage.