Commando 42-96740
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96740
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30402
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU938
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
August 1944 to June 1945
42-96740 - USAAF (USA)
28 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
3 October 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
27 April 1945
Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Quentin F. Preston
5 June 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a crash landing.
Pilot: George L. Aycock Jr
6 June 1945
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.