Commando 42-96637

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96637

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30299

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU835

FATE: Written off

  July 1944 to February 1945

  42-96637 - USAAF (USA)

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22 July 1944

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

16 August 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

13 February 1945

Went missing over China.

Pilot: Frederick J. Telecky

The Commando crashed 48 km northeast of Yunlong, Yunnan, China after an engine failure.

14 February 1945

Condemned for salvage.