Commando 42-96759
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96759
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30421
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU957
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
August 1944 to February 1946
42-96759 - USAAF (USA)
30 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
28 September 1944
Assigned to 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 3rd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile), based at RAF Kalaikunda, Bengal, India.
November 1944
Moved with 3rd Air Transport Squadron to Dergaon, Assam, India.
14 January 1945
Moved with 3rd Air Transport Squadron to Sookerating, Assam, India.
23 January 1945
Received major damage in Dinjan, Assam, India following an engine failure.
Pilot: Charles R. Musgrave
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
10 February 1946
Condemned for salvage by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.