Commando 42-107328

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107328

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27015

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU655

FATE: Written off

  May 1944 to February 1945

  42-107328 - USAAF (USA)

10 May 1944

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

4 July 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, based at the 1337^th AAF Base Unit, Sookerating, Assam, India.

24 October 1944

Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Edmond J. Arbib (survived)

11 February 1945

Destroyed near Kunming, Yunnan, China in a midair collision.

Pilot: 1^st Lt George H. Murray (killed)

The Commando collided in flight with USAAF Consolidated C-109 Liberator Express 44-49025 carrying a load of gasoline. All crews on both airplanes were apparently killed.

12 February 1945

Condemned for salvage.