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Commando 42-3572

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3572

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26705

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU345

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  December 1943 to May 1945

  42-3572 - USAAF (USA)


9 December 1943

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

19 December 1943

Departed the USA for India.

Unknown date

Probably assigned to the 8th Operational Training Unit (8 OTU) based in Gaya, Bihar, India.

11 March 1945

Condemned for salvage, “washout”. [date discrepancy, or may have been reinstated?]

27 March 1945

Received minor damage in Gaya, Bihar, India in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Ralph L. Cunningham

13 May 1945

Received major damage in India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Capt Kenneth R. Kimport