Commando 42-96752
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96752
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30414
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU950
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
August 1944 to January 1946
42-96752 - USAAF (USA)
30 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
13 October 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, 1332nd AAF Base Unit based in Mohanbari, Assam, India.
14 December 1944
Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.
Pilot: James B. Tully Jr
23 July 1945
Damaged in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a ground accident.
Pilot: Ben M. Palmer
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
23 January 1946
Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.