Commando 42-96639
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96639
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30301
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU837
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
July 1944 to October 1944
42-96639 - USAAF (USA)
20 July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
26 August 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
29 October 1944
Damaged beyond repair 32 km north of Tsuyung Field, Yunnan, China in an accident following an engine fire (4/4 fatalities). [shot down by enemy forces according to FAG]
Pilot: 1st Lt Nelson Bolton
31 October 1944
Condemned for salvage.