Commando 42-3631
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3631
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26764
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU404
FATE: Written off
Operational record
January 1944 to September 1944
42-3631 - USAAF (USA)
7 January 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
3 February 1944
Assigned to ATC India China Wing, based at Station 7, Sookerating, Assam, India.
11 April 1944
Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Robert J. Meyers
14 July 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Chanyi, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.
Pilot: Lewis D. Osborne [probably Lt Lewis Fraser Osborne, survived]
6 September 1944
Condemned for salvage.