Commando 42-96658
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96658
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30320
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU856
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
July 1944 to November 1944
42-96658 - USAAF (USA)
31 July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
24 August 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Division, 1252nd AAF Base Unit based at Casablanca Cazes AB, French Morocco.
15 November 1944
Damaged beyond repair at RAF Castel Benito, Libya in an accident (fatalities).
Pilot: 1st Lt Herman Lopez (killed)
Condemned for salvage. [date also erroneously reported as 16 November 1944]