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Commando 41-12329

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12329

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26456

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU96

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  March 1943 to June 1943

  41-12329 - USAAF (USA)

27 March 1943

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

11 May 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

4 June 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

23 June 1943

Crashed shortly after takeoff from Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China ([1/2 or] 2/2 fatalities).

Last edited: 15/05/2019