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Commando 42-3683

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3683

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26816

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU456

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  March 1944 to January 1945

  42-3683 - USAAF (USA)


22 March 1944

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

14 April 1944

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

7 January 1945

Went missing near Lang Tai, Anhui, China and crashed due to fuel starvation (no fatalities). [MACR 11100]

Pilot: Richard I. Pollard (pictured, went on to fly in Korea & Vietnam)

8 January 1945

Condemned for salvage.