Commando 42-3642
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3642
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26775
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU415
FATE: Written off
Operational record
January 1944 to December 1944
42-3642 - USAAF (USA)
31 January 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
28 February 1944
Assigned to ATC Central African Wing.
25 December 1944
Damaged beyond repair near Maiduguri, Nigeria after a mid-air explosion caused the airframe to fail in flight (all occupants killed).
Pilot: Lt Joe B. Crane
Condemned for salvage.
29 December 1944
Crew declared dead.