Commando 42-96680
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96680
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30342
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU878
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
July 1944 to January 1945
42-96680 - USAAF (USA)
28 July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
22 August 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
22 October 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Luliang, Yunnan, China in a landing accident. [date quoted as 22 January 1945 by ASN]
Pilot: Robert A. Sherry
19 January 1945
Condemned for salvage.