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Commando 42-96642

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96642

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30304

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU840

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  July 1944 to September 1945

  42-96642 - USAAF (USA)


24 July 1944

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

19 August 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

10 September 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Chengkung, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Carl L. Garrison

15 September 1945

Condemned for salvage.