Commando 42-107315
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107315
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27002
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU642
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1944 to March 1945
42-107315 - USAAF (USA)
29 May 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
3 July 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Division.
25 October 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
15 March 1945
Damaged beyond repair in the China-Burma-India theatre of operations in a crash landing following an engine failure.
Pilot: Walter B. Stafford
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.