Commando 42-107342
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
May 1944 to February 1946
42-107342 - USAAF (USA)
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 1333rd 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
Last edited: 24/09/2019