Commando 42-107332
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107332
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27019
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU659
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1944 to March 1945
42-107332 - USAAF (USA)
10 May 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY .
7 July 1944
Assigned to 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile), based at RAF Kalaikunda, Bengal, India.
31 October 1944
Moved with the 2nd Air Transport Squadron to Dergaon, Assam, India.
November 1944
Moved with the 2nd Air Transport Squadron to Luliang, Yunnan, China.
21 February 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Hsian, China [Xian, Shaanxi, China?] in a landing accident (no fatalities).
Pilot: Henry D. Metzger (pictured, survived)
After touching down at night, the Commando was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran the runway and came to rest in an anti-tank ditch. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
8 March 1945
Condemned for salvage.