Commando 42-96822
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96822
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30484
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1020
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1944 to April 1946
42-96822 - USAAF (USA)
22 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
22 October 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, 1333rd AAF Base Unit, based at Chabua, Assam, India.
18 November 1944
Received major damage in Paoshan, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.
Pilot: Joseph F. App
3 May 1945
Went missing near Tingkawk Sakan, Burma. [MACR 14357]
Pilot: 1st Lt Ray L. Pierson
The Commando was operating a flight from Chabua, Assam, India probably bound to China. It disappeared over Burma and was never found.
Condemned for salvage.