Commando 41-12327

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12327

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26454

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU94

FATE: Written off

  March 1943 to November 1943

  41-12327 - USAAF (USA)

21 March 1943

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

Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.

22 April 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

1 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 30^th Transport Group based at Mohanbari, Assam, India.

16 November 1943

Crashed southeast of Kunming, Yunnan, China after crew bailed out due to fuel exhaustion (0/4 fatalities). [MACR 1150]

The aircraft was on a flight from Chabua, Assam, India to Kunming, Yunnan, China. For unknown reason, the crew overflew Kunming airfield and continued their route to the southeast. A dozen minutes later, due to fuel exhaustion, the pilot ordered his crew to abandon the aircraft and all four crew members bailed out. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie. All four occupants were uninjured.

18 November 1943

Condemned for salvage.