Commando 42-96754
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96754
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30416
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU952
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
August 1944 to February 1946
42-96754 - USAAF (USA)
15 August 1944
Involved in a ground accident at the Curtiss plant in Buffalo, NY which probably killed a ground personnel.
Pilot: 2nd Lt Nelson Davis
30 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
15 October 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
11 April 1945
Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a landing accident.
Pilot: Warren G. Sanford
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
8 February 1946
Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.