Commando 42-3627

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3627

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26760

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU400

FATE: Written off

  January 1944 to March 1944

  42-3627 - USAAF (USA)

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4 January 1944

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

2 February 1944

Assigned to ATC India China Wing, based at Station 7, Sookerating, Assam, India.

Unknown date

Christened “Pregnant Grizzly”.

3 March 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Sookerating, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Hugh E. Robertson

6 March 1944

Condemned for salvage.

 

Right: Robertson and a colleague stand proudly in front of wrecked 42-3627 in Sookerating, Assam, India.
Photo credit: Rebecca Robertson / ASN