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Commando 42-3614

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3614

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26747

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU387

FATE: Written off

  January 1944 to July 1945

  42-3614 - USAAF (USA)


4 January 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

13 January 1944

Departed the USA for India.

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC India China Wing.

14 July 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Chengkung, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Frederick C. Park Jr (survived)

16 July 1945

Condemned for salvage.