Commando 41-12305

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12305

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26432

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU72

FATE: Written off

  March 1943 to February 1944

  41-12305 - USAAF (USA)

20 March 1943

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

Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.

7 April 1943

Assigned to the 10^th Air Force.

29 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

13 January 1944

Crashed in the China-Burma-India theatre after the crew bailed out (0/5 fatalities). [MACR 1804]

The Commando was operating a cargo flight when a technical failure forced the crew to abandon the aircraft and bail out. Out of control, the aircraft crashed into the Mekong Valley and was destroyed by impact forces. All five occupants were unhurt.

5 February 1944

Condemned for salvage.