Commando 42-96636
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96636
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30298
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU834
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
July 1944 to January 1946
42-96636 - USAAF (USA)
15 July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
17 August 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1333rd AAF Base Unit based in Chabua, Assam, India.
24 August 1945
Damaged in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a ground accident.
Pilot: John L. Bryan
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
23 January 1946
Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.