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Commando 42-107286

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107286

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26973

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU613

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  April 1944 to August 1945

  42-107286 - USAAF (USA)

28 April 1944

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

25 May 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Wing.

28 October 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

4 August 1945

Destroyed 40 km northeast of Paoshan, Yunnan, China after the crew bailed out due to an engine failure.

Pilot: Roland R. Johnson

5 August 1945

Condemned for salvage, “washout”.