Commando 42-96611
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96611
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30273
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU809
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
July 1944 to August 1945
42-96611 - USAAF (USA)
12 July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
10 August 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Division.
8 August 1945
Damaged beyond repair at Cairo Payne Field, Egypt in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: Donald L. Harris
28 August 1945
Condemned for salvage.