Commando 41-12296
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12296
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26423
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU63
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
March 1943 to September 1943
41-12296 - USAAF (USA)
22 March 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.
29 May 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29th Transport Group, 301st Transport Squadron, based at Sookerating, Assam, India.
31 August 1943
Went missing over the China-Burma-India theatre.
6 September 1943
Condemned for salvage.
Last edited: 15/05/2019