Commando 42-3643
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3643
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26776
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU416
FATE: Written off
Operational record
January 1944 to March 1945
42-3643 - USAAF (USA)
17 January 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
6 February 1944
Assigned to ATC India China Wing.
15 March 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Mangshi, Yunnan, China in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: Henry C. Harding
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.