Commando 41-12403

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12403

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26530

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU170

FATE: Written off

  June 1943 to September 1943

  41-12403 - USAAF (USA)

16 June 1943

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

11 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 1^st Transport Group, 3^rd Transport Squadron, based at Chabua, Assam, India.

14 August 1943

Went missing on a flight over the Hump after departing from Chabua, Assam, India (4/4 missing). [MACR 539]

Crew:
Flt Off Raul "Roy" N. Perez (Pilot), pictured
Ward (Copilot)
Nysteen (Radio Operator)
Goonan (Crew Chief)

24 September 1943

Condemned for salvage.