Commando 41-12397
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12397
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26524
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU164
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
June 1943 to January 1944
41-12397 - USAAF (USA)
13 June 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
29 June 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.
20 December 1943
Went missing over China (4/4 missing).
The Commando had taken off from Mohanbari, Assam, India, enroute to Yunnan, China. It crashed into a lake near Kunming, Yunnan, China for unknown reasons.
Pilot: Henry C. Stevenson
22 January 1944
Condemned for salvage.