Commando 42-107344

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107344

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27031

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU671

FATE: Written off

  May 1944 to September 1945

  42-107344 - USAAF (USA)

24 May 1944

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

30 August 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

11 June 1944

Received major damage at Wideawake Field, Ascension Island in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Alfred M. Bertolet (survived)

5 March 1945

Received major damage at Mallard Field, Senegal, French West Africa in a taxi accident while parked.

19 March 1945

Condemned for salvage. [later reinstated?]

1945

Probably assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

13 September 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Karachi, Sindh, India in a taxi accident while parked.