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Commando 42-107307

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107307

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26994

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU634

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  May 1944 to October 1944

  42-107307 - USAAF (USA)


12 May 1944

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

9 July 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

17 October 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Luliang, Yunnan, China in a belly landing following an engine failure (no fatalities).

Pilot: Robert W. Kilmartin

18 October 1944

Condemned for salvage, "washout".

Last edited: 17/09/2019