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Commando 42-96612

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96612

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30274

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU810

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  July 1944 to March 1945

  42-96612 - USAAF (USA)


10 July 1944

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

12 August 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

15 February 1945

Damaged beyond repair near Mohanbari, Assam, India after an engine failure.

Pilot: Ralph D. Davis

24 March 1945

Condemned for salvage.