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Commando 41-12325

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12325

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26452

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU92

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  March 1943 to October 1943

  41-12325 - USAAF (USA)


21 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.

7 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

22 October 1943

Shot down north of Myitkyina, Burma (4/4 fatalities). [MACR 1080]

The aircraft departed Kunming, Yunnan, China enroute to Chabua, Assam, India and was shot down in the Mali Valley between Myitkyina and Fort Hertz, Burma. All of the crew were killed.

20 November 1943

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 15/05/2019