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