Commando 42-3630

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3630

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26763

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU403

FATE: Written off

  January 1944 to April 1944

  42-3630 - USAAF (USA)

8 January 1944

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

6 February 1944

Assigned to ATC India China Wing, based at Station 11, Missamari, Assam, India.

24 April 1944

Went missing near Imphal, Manipur, India (4/4 fatalities). [MACR 4737]

Crew:
1^st Lt Russell E. Clark, Pilot
1^st Lt Roland G. MacAdam, Copilot
Cpl Joseph A. Lavoie
PFC James R. Kay

The crew was performing a supply mission from Chittagong, Bengal, India to Imphal, Manipur, India as part of the Battle of Imphal [FAG suggests a flight from Alipore, Bengal, India to Supam, India]. Near Imphal, the Commando was shot down by a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Out of control, the Commando dove into the ground and crashed in a field, killing all four occupants. These men were awarded the Air Medal.

28 April 1944

Condemned for salvage.

8 February 1946

Crew declared dead.