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Commando 42-3633

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3633

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26766

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU406

FATE: Written off

Operational record

  January 1944 to June 1944

  42-3633 - USAAF (USA)


7 January 1944

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

12 January 1944

Departed the USA for India.

Unknown date

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

10 June 1944

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

Pilot: Charles D. Hallman (survived)

11 June 1944

Condemned for salvage. [date quoted as 11 January 1944 by AB, probably a typo]