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Commando 42-3666

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-36-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3666

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26799

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU439

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  March 1944 to September 1944

  42-3666 - USAAF (USA)


1 March 1944

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

22 March 1944

Assigned to ATC India China Wing.

25 September 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Iahqal, India in an accident. [location not identified]

Pilot: Robert J. Hewitt (killed)

26 September 1944

Condemned for salvage, “washout”.

Last edited: 21/05/2019