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Commando 42-107350

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107350

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27037

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU677

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  June 1944 to June 1946

  42-107350 - USAAF (USA)


2 June 1944

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

19 June 1944

Assigned to ATC North Atlantic Wing.

1 August 1944

Assigned to ATC North Atlantic Division, 1379th AAF Base Unit, based at Dow AAF, ME.

19 January 1945

Received major damage at New York LaGuardia, NY in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Jacob C. Loehr

Unknown date

Withdrawn from use as Class 26 and used for ground instruction at Grenier Field, NH.

Unknown date

Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.

Unknown date

Assigned to Baer Field, IN.

30 June 1946

Sent for reclamation at Baer Field, IN.

7 June 1946

Reclamation completed at Baer Field, IN.

Last edited: 30/09/2019