Commando 42-3627
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational record
January 1944 to March 1944
42-3627 - USAAF (USA)
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
