Commando 42-107342

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107342

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27029

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU669

FATE: Broken up

  May 1944 to February 1946

  42-107342 - USAAF (USA)

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12 May 1944

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

19 July 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

7 July 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, based at the 1333^rd AAF Base Unit, Chabua, Assam, India.

9 November 1944

Received major damage in Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Robert W. Fead

2 July 1945

Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a ground accident while parked.

4 July 1945

Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Francis R. White

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

8 February 1946

Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.

 

Above: 42-107342 during its time with ATC Assam Wing.
Photo credit: Don Greer / In Action No.1188, by Terry Love, Squadron/Signal Publication