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Commando 41-12389

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12389

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26516

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU156

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  June 1943 to October 1943

  41-12389 - USAAF (USA)

4 June 1943

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

11 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

10 October 1943

Damaged beyond repair at Besokupe Tea Estate, Assam, India (at least 1 fatality). [unidentified location]

The Commando crashed in unknown circumstances. At least one crew member was killed: 1st Lt Theodore L. McLendon.

12 October 1943

Condemned for salvage.