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Commando 41-12315

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12315

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26442

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU82

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  March 1943 to November 1943

  41-12315 - USAAF (USA)


23 March 1943

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

Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.

16 April 1943

Assigned to the 10th Air Force.

1 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

12 November 1943

Crashed east of Sookerating, Assam, India after crew bailed out.

15 November 1943

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 15/05/2019