Commando 41-12287

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12287

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26414

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU54

FATE: Written off

  March 1943 to November 1943

  41-12287 - USAAF (USA)

1 March 1943

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

Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.

17 May 1943

Assigned to Miami, FL.

5 June 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29th Transport Group, 301st Transport Squadron, based at Sookerating, Assam, India.

24 November 1943

Went missing over the China-Burma-India theatre. [MACR 1229]

The Commando was lost without trace.

Crew: Cpl Florian Sticka et al.

25 November 1943

Condemned for salvage.