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Commando 41-12323

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12323

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26450

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU90

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  March 1943 to May 1943

  41-12323 - USAAF (USA)


22 March 1943

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

Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.

10 April 1943

Assigned to 10th Air Force.

22 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 22nd Transport Group, 77th Transport Squadron based in Jorhat, Assam, India.

30 May 1943

Damaged beyond repair in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a landing accident (no fatalities).

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 15/05/2019