Commando 42-96699
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96699
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30361
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU897
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
August 1944 to October 1944
42-96699 - USAAF (USA)
7 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
20 September 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
Unknown date
Assigned to 1343rd AAF Base Unit, based in Luliang, Yunnan, China.
10 October 1944
Destroyed over Hsinching, Sichuan, China in a midair collision with Commando 42-96553 (fatalities).
Pilot: 1st Lt Elmer E Miller
11 October 1944
Condemned for salvage.