Commando 42-96728

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-1-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96728

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30390

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU926

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to February 1945

  42-96728 - USAAF (USA)

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8 September 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Assigned to the 2^nd Combat Cargo Group, 7^th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Baer Field, IN.

Ferried from Fairfield-Suisun AAB, CA to Townsville, Australia with Commandos of the 5^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Crew:
2^nd Lt. Stephen H. Lakatosh, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Stuart B. Armstrong, Copilot

9 November 1944

Assigned to Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

25 February 1945

Damaged beyond repair [no info], and condemned for salvage.