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Commando 42-3647

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3647

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26780

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU420

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  January 1944 to February 1946

  42-3647 - USAAF (USA)


19 January 1944

Delivered.

13 February 1944

Assigned to ATC India China Wing, based at Station 11, Missamari, Assam, India.

1 April 1944

Received major damage 30 km west of Chabua, Assam, India due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Robert F. Friedman

8 July 1944

Received major damage in Missamari, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: John H. Ruth

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

10 February 1946

Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.

Last edited: 16/05/2019