Commando 42-96726
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96726
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30388
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU924
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
August 1944 to May 1945
42-96726 - USAAF (USA)
30 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
3 October 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
31 May 1945
Destroyed near Kunming, Yunnan, China after the crew bailed out following an engine failure.
Pilot: Roy C. Schlee
Condemned for salvage.