Commando 42-3661

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3661

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26794

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU434

FATE: Written off

  Febuary 1944 to September 1944

  42-3661 - USAAF (USA)

4 February 1944

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

20 February 1944

Assigned to ATC Central African Wing.

1944

Probably assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

11 September 1944

Damaged beyond repair near Chabua, Assam, India in an accident after takeoff (4/4 fatalities).

Shortly after takeoff from Chabua, while climbing, the Commando stalled and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located 4 miles east of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.

14 September 1944

Condemned for salvage.