Commando 42-3604
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3604
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26737
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU377
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1943 to January 1944
42-3604 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)
15 December 1943
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.
January 1944 to December 1944
42-3604 - USAAF (USA)
11 January 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
17 January 1944
Departed the USA for India.
Unknown date
Assigned to ATC India China Wing, based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.
8 December 1944
Damaged beyond repair near Mohanbari, Assam, India, apparently while performing some low flying (fatalities).
Pilot: 2nd Lt Harold L. Reese (killed)
Condemned for salvage.