Commando 42-107329
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107329
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27016
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU656
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1944 to April 1945
42-107329 - USAAF (USA)
8 May 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY .
30 May 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Wing.
15 June 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.
3 October 1944
Went missing, and condemned for salvage. [MACR 14403]
30 November 1944
Reinstated.
30 April 1945
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.
[No AAIR record for this Commando – did it really go missing and was recovered? Or is that a mistake?]