Commando 41-12294

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12294

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26421

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU61

FATE: Written off

  March 1943 to January 1944

  41-12294 - USAAF (USA)

1 March 1943

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

Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.

4 May 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

21 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

26 December 1943

Crashed over China after crew bailed out. Aircraft had taken off from Mohanbari, Assam, India. [MACR 1555]

31 January 1944

Condemned for salvage.