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Commando 42-96761

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96761

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30423

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU959

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1944 to August 1945

  42-96761 - USAAF (USA)


1 September 1944

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

1 October 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

22 July 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Sookerating, Assam, India in a crash landing.

Pilot: Frank R. Ehretz

4 August 1945

Condemned for salvage, “washout”.