Commando 42-3616
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3616
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26749
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU389
FATE: Written off
January 1944 to October 1944
42-3616 - USAAF (USA)
3 January 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
3 February 1944
Assigned to 1st Combat Cargo Group, 3rd Combat Cargo Squadron, based in Assam, India.
19 August 1944
Went missing in the north of the Assam Valley, India. [MACR 7595]
Pilot: David A. Devine
7 October 1944
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.
Last edited: 07/07/2019