Commando 42-3593
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3593
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26726
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU366
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1943 to January 1944
42-3593 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)
23 December 1943
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.
January 1944 to October 1944
42-3593 - USAAF (USA)
17 January 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
11 February 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.
4 July 1944
Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: Donald E. Garner
25 October 1944
Damaged beyond repair in a landing accident in Paoshan, Yunnan, China.
Pilot: Joseph V. Furlong
31 October 1944
Condemned for salvage.
Last edited: 07/02/2019