Commando 43-46996

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46996

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 67

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK44

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to November 1944

  43-46996 - USAAF (USA)

25 September 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

22 October 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1337^th AAF Base Unit, Sookerating, Assam, India.

3 November 1944

Went missing over the Himalayas (3/3 missing). [date also quoted as 4 November 1944]

Crew:
1^st Lt. Robert H. Drennan, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Charles J. Yodice, Copilot
Sgt. Seymour Sussman, Radio Operator

The Commando was operating a cargo flight from Chanyi, Yunnan, China to Sookerating, Assam, India with three crewmembers onboard. After the first radio contact, they were not seen nor heard from again.

Condemned for salvage, crash.