Commando 42-3668

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3668

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26801

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU441

FATE: Written off

  February 1944 to September 1944

  42-3668 - USAAF (USA)

28 February 1944

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

22 March 1944

Assigned to ATC India China Wing, based at Station 7, Sookerating, Assam, India.

10 May 1944

Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Emory A. McCleary (survived)

21 June 1944

Condemned for salvage.

11 August 1944

Reinstated.

17 September 1944

Destroyed 25 miles southeast of Shingbwiyang, Burma after the crew bailed out following an engine failure.

Pilot: Teddy Dunn

30 November 1944

Condemned for salvage.