Commando 42-96807

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96807

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30469

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1005

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to May 1945

  42-96807 - USAAF (USA)

14 October 1944

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

4 December 1944

Probably assigned to ATC Alaskan Division.

22 January 1945

Assigned to Los Angeles Inglewood, CA.

8 April 1945

Assigned to ATC North Atlantic Division.

20 April 1945

Assigned to Grenier Field, NH.

Unknown date

Assigned to 1379^th AAF Base Unit based at Dow AAF, ME.

27 May 1945

Received major damage at Dow Field, ME in a takeoff accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Maurice F. Taylor

28 May 1945

Surveyed. [probably written off following the previous day's accident]