Commando 41-12411
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12411
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26538
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU178
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
June 1943 to January 1946
41-12411 - USAAF (USA)
23 June 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
20 July 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 1st Transport Group based at Chabua, Assam, India.
30 August 1943
Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.
Pilot: John M. Montgomery
1 November 1943
Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India due to a bird strike.
Pilot: Joseph Lessard
2 February 1944
Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.
30 August 1944
Assigned to Brookley Field, AL.
Unknown date
Probably based at the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU) based at Reno AAF, NV.
14 November 1945
Salvaged at Reno AAF, NV.
3 January 1946
Reclamation completed at Reno AAF, NV.
Right: loading an airplane onto 41-12411, somewhere in Assam, India.
Photo credit: USAF
Last edited: 07/01/2019