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Commando 41-12395

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12395

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26522

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU162

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  June 1943 to February 1944

  41-12395 - USAAF (USA)


10 June 1943

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

11 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29th Transport Group, 99th Transport Squadron based at Sookerating, Assam, India.

11 October 1943

Received major damage in Yangkai, Yunnan, China in a ground loop.

Pilot: John L. Podlesny

2 February 1944

Damaged beyond repair at unknown location, and condemned for salvage.