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Commando 41-12406

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12406

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26533

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU173

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  June 1943 to January 1944

  41-12406 - USAAF (USA)


19 June 1943

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

7 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

20 December 1943

Went missing on a flight over the Hump (4/4 missing). [MACR 1488]

The aircraft was operating a cargo flight from Mohanbari, Assam, India to Chengkung, Yunnan, China and went missing for unknown reasons.

Crew:
2nd Lt Harold E. Greenberg (Pilot), pictured
2nd Lt William R. White (Copilot)
Pvt Russell E. Stanley (Radio)
PFC George C. Osborne (Engineer)

28 January 1944

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 06/01/2019