Commando 42-3639
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3639
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26772
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU412
FATE: Written off
Operational record
January 1944 to September 1944
42-3639 - USAAF (USA)
14 January 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Unknown date
Assigned to ATC India China Wing, based at Station 7, Sookerating, Assam, India.
25 June 1944
Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a landing accident.
Pilot: Eugene B. Sterling (survived, went on to fight in Korea and retired a USAF Major General)
2 September 1944
Damaged beyond repair, and condemned for salvage.