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.