Commando 42-96789
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96789
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30451
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU987
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
Septembre 1944 to August 1945
42-96789 - USAAF (USA)
13 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
29 October 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
16 August 1945
Went missing over China.
Pilot: Donald F. Guthridge
Destroyed 30 km west of Luliang, Yunnan, China after the crew bailed out following engine problems.
17 August 1944
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.