Commando 42-107281
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107281
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26968
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU608
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1944 to September 1944
42-107281 - USAAF (USA)
4 May 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
8 June 1944
Assigned to ATC Central African Wing.
13 September 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Asmara, Eritrea in a takeoff accident (1 fatality).
Pilot: Ralph M. Oury
14 September 1944
Condemned for salvage.