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Commando 41-12321

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12321

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26448

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU88

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  March 1943 to November 1943

  41-12321 - USAAF (USA)


20 March 1943

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

Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.

13 April 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

7 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29th Transport Group based in Sookerating, Assam, India.

24 November 1943

Went missing over the China-Burma-India theatre. [MACR 1230]

25 November 1943

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 15/05/2019