Commando 42-3603
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3603
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26736
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU376
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
December 1943 to January 1944
42-3603 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)
17 December 1943
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.
January 1944 to February 1946
42-3603 - USAAF (USA)
11 January 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
5 February 1944
Assigned to ATC India China Wing, based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.
12 June 1944
Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Hubert A. Cate
Unknown date
Assigned to 1337th AAF Base Unit, Sookerating, Assam, India.
22 March 1945
Damaged in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a ground accident while parked.
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
6 February 1946
Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.