Commando 42-107335
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107335
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27022
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU662
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1944 to June 1944
42-107335 - USAAF (USA)
22 May 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY .
Assigned to the 2nd Ferrying Group, based at the 552nd AAF Base Unit, New Castle AAF, DE.
8 June 1944
Damaged beyond repair at Richmond AAB, VA in a takeoff accident, enroute to be assigned to ATC Central African Wing.
Pilot: Richard M. Hurrell (survived, pictured)
9 June 1944
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.
Last edited: 23/09/2019