Commando 42-96643
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96643
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30305
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU841
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
July 1944 to August 1945
42-96643 - USAAF (USA)
23 July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
20 August 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
20 August 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a belly landing.
Pilot: Kenneth E. Ginnow
Condemned for salvage.