Commando 42-107304
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107304
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26991
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU631
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1944 to January 1945
42-107304 - USAAF (USA)
10 May 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY .
4 July 1944
Assigned to ATC India China Division.
9 January 1945
Damaged beyond repair near Mount Tali, Yunnan, China [probably today Cang Mountain] in a crash due to an engine failure. [MACR 11070]
Pilot: William V. Thayer
10 January 1945
Condemned for salvage.