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Commando 41-12320

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12320

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26447

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU87

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  March 1943 to September 1944

  41-12320 - USAAF (USA)

20 March 1943

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

Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.

Marked "320".

7 April 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

1 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing, 433rd Troop Carrier Group, 67th Troop Carrier Squadron.

27 September 1944

Damaged beyond repair, condemned for salvage.

 

Right: 320 with the 67th Troop Carrier Squadron, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: www.worldwarphotos.info

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Last edited: 26/08/2020