Commando 41-12404

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12404

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26531

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU171

FATE: Unknown

  June 1943 to March 1946

  41-12404 - USAAF (USA)

17 June 1943

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

7 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29^th Transport Group, 301^st Transport Squadron based at Sookerating, Assam, India.

28 November 1943

Severely damaged in Sookerating, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Roy E Friedrich (survived, later USAF Colonel)

31 January 1944

Condemned for salvage.

13 April 1944

Repaired and returned to service.

19 September 1944

Assigned to Brookley Field, AL.

  March 1946 to unknown date

  41-12404 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

26 March 1946

Transferred to RFC, stored at Ontario AAF, CA.