Commando 42-3675
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-36-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3675
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26808
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU448
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
March 1944 to November 1944
42-3675 - USAAF (USA)
11 March 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY .
10 April 1944
Assigned to ATC India China Wing.
31 October 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a takeoff accident (0/4 fatalities).
Pilot: Lawrence W. Gold
1 November 1944
Condemned for salvage.