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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