Commando 42-3568

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3568

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26701

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU341

FATE: Written off

  December 1943 to February 1944

  42-3568 - USAAF (USA)

5 December 1943

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

14 December 1943

Departed the USA for India.

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 7, Sookerating, Assam, India.

25 February 1944

Crashed 80 km southeast of Ledo, Assam, India when the crew bailed out after an engine failure. [MACR 2608]

Pilot: William A. Dawes Jr

28 February 1944

Condemned for salvage.

[several sources quote a crash landing in Ledo, Assam, India on 2 or 31 July 1944, but unlikely]