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Commando 42-3567

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3567

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26700

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU340

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  December 1943 to February 1946

  42-3567 - USAAF (USA)


1 December 1943

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

11 December 1943

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 11, Missamari, Assam, India.

9 December 1944

Damaged in Missamari, Assam, India in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Elmer L. Crawford

7 February 1946

Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.

Last edited: 12/08/2020