Commando 42-96613
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96613
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30275
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU811
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
July 1944 to February 1945
42-96613 - USAAF (USA)
13 July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
29 July 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Division.
10 February 1945
Destroyed by fire on the ground at RAF Jiwani, Baluchistan, India.
Pilot: Robert L. Madden
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.