Commando 41-12409
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12409
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26536
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU176
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
June 1943 to November 1943
41-12409 - USAAF (USA)
23 June 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
19 July 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 30th Transport Group, 303rd Transport Squadron based in Mohanbari, Assam, India.
1 November 1943
Went missing over the China-Burma-India theatre. [MACR 1105]
Pilot: Wilbrod J. Lapine
3 November 1943
Condemned for salvage.