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