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Commando 41-12300

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12300

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26427

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU67

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  March 1943 to May 1943

  41-12300 - USAAF (USA)


20 March 1943

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

Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.

22 April 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

17 May 1943

Destroyed over India in an in-flight fire. This accident probably occurred as the Commando was being ferried to Assam.

29 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing. Date is assignment date.

Last edited: 15/05/2019