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Commando 42-107341

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107341

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27028

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU668

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  May 1944 to June 1946

  42-107341 - USAAF (USA)

29 May 1944

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

12 July 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

15 May 1945

Damaged beyond repair 14 km north of Joal, Senegal, French West Africa.

Pilot: Argyle Bersie (survived)

1 June 1946

Excluded from inventory.