Commando 42-96739

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96739

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30401

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU937

FATE: Written off

  August 1944 to August 1945

  42-96739 - USAAF (USA)

29 August 1944

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

30 September 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, 1337^th AAF Base Unit based in Sookerating, Assam, India.

13 December 1944

Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Edward S. Evensen

14 December 1944

Condemned for salvage, but probably later reinstated.

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, 1328^th AAF Base Unit based in Missamari, Assam, India.

8 August 1945

Damaged beyond repair 16 km northeast of Tezpur, Assam, India (4/4 fatalities).

Crew:
1^st Lt Harry Simon
2^nd Lt Edmond F. Bony
2^nd Lt Chester Titus Warner
F/O James H. German

9 August 1945

Condemned for salvage.