Commando 42-107357

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107357

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27044

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU684

FATE: Written off

  May 1944 to May 1945

  42-107357 - USAAF (USA)

29 May 1944

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

12 July 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

11 April 1945

Received major damage at Marrakech Menara, French Morocco in a landing accident.

Pilot: William J. Gallarda (survived, went on to fight in Korea and retired a USAF Lt Col)

12 May 1945

Damaged beyond repair at Marrakech Menara, French Morocco in a landing accident after an engine failure.

Pilot: Dudley V. Brand Jr.

27 May 1945

Condemned for salvage, “washout”.