Commando 42-3588
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3588
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26721
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU361
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1943 to January 1944
42-3588 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)
20 December 1943
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.
January 1944 to March 1944
42-3588 - USAAF (USA)
11 January 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
11 February 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 7, Sookerating, Assam, India.
2 March 1944
Damaged beyond repair after a forced landing following an engine failure in Kunming, Yunnan, China (no fatalities).
Pilot: James R. Cox (survived, retired a Lt Col after fighting in Korea & Vietnam)
4 March 1944
Condemned for salvage.